Section: US & Canada
Heavy Clashes After Ukraine’s Leader Ends Cease-Fire
President Petro O. Poroshenko said he would resume full-scale efforts to quash the pro-Russian uprising in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine President: Cease-fire ends
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said early Tuesday that his country will not renew a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists, vowing instead “we will advance, and we will liberate our land.” …read more Source:...
NATO General Blames Russia for Rising Tensions
Simmering tensions in Eastern Ukraine are rising yet again, as President Petro Poroshenko said Monday he is ending a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists. VOA’s Jeff Seldin reports from the Pentagon that a top U.S. and NATO general is laying much of the blame on Russia. …read more Source: Voice of...
Ukraine Forces Attack Rebel Positions After Ceasefire Ends
* Military says stages artillery, air strikes against rebels * Poroshenko says forces will “attack and free our lands” * Shows impatience with Putin * Russia sees hand of U.S. behind Poroshenko’s action (Adds military action, Russian call) …read more Source: The Huffington...
Gunfire breaks out around police headquarters in center of major eastern Ukraine city
Gunfire has broken out in the center of a major city in eastern Ukraine as gunmen appear to be trying to take control of the regional police headquarters. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian Forces Relaunch Offensive Against Rebels In East
President Petro Poroshenko has said he will not renew a cease-fire and that Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive against rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian leader vows to ‘liberate’ land
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country will not renew a cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists, vowing instead “we will advance, and we will liberate our land.” …read more Source:...
Poroshenko Ends Cease-Fire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said government forces will renew their offensive against pro-Russian separatists. In a late-night statement on Ukrainian television following the expiration of a cease-fire to allow for peace talks with the rebels, Poroshenko said the resumption of military operations was the government’s...
Ukraine Mounts New Attacks on Rebels
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchnyov says Ukrainian forces have launched new military operations against pro-Russian separatists, hours after the expiration of a unilateral cease-fire. Turchnyov made the announcement Tuesday in remarks to parliament after President Petro Poroshenko declared earlier he will not renew the cease-fire and...
Swedish FM Holds Talks in Tbilisi, Heads To Kyiv
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has held talks in Tbilisi with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and his Georgian counterpart, Maia Panjikidze. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
