Section: US & Canada
Putin Says Ukraine Truce ‘Not Enough’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said a seven-day cease-fire announced by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was not enough to stop the fighting in Ukraine’s east. Putin told a news conference June 24 in Vienna he wanted to see a “substantive discussion” to take place between separatists and Kyiv. (Reuters) …read more...
Luhansk Rebels Defiant After Putin Revokes Right To Use Force
In Ukraine’s restive Luhansk region, separatist rebels said they would continue their fight with Kyiv, with or without Russian help. President Vladimir Putin on June 24 asked Russia’s upper house of parliament to revoke the right it had granted him to order a military intervention in Ukraine. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio...
Ukraine to sign EU deal that sparked revolution
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — On Friday, Ukraine will sign a sweeping economic and trade agreement with the European Union, a 1,200-page telephone book of a document crammed with rules on everything from turkeys to tulips, cheese to machinery…. …read more Source: Associated...
NATO Chief Says New Deal Coming For Georgia
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO will develop a substantive package for Georgia that will help it come closer to the alliance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine ceasefire at risk after rebels down military helicopter
The shaky ceasefire in Ukraine was thrown into peril Tuesday when pro-Moscow separatists shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, killing nine servicemen. …read more Source:...
Separatists Down Ukrainian Military Helicopter
Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter, just a day after the rebels announced a week-long truce in eastern Ukraine matching the cease-fire announced by the country’s president. A Ukrainian military spokesman, Vladislav Seleznyov, said the helicopter was brought down near the eastern Ukrainian city of...
UN: Numbers of Displaced Ukrainians Rising
A senior U.N. human rights official says that over the last two weeks, the number of displaced persons in Ukraine has doubled to more than 46,000 and could be higher. In his briefing to the U.N. Security Council Tuesday, Ivan Simonovic said the situation in eastern Ukraine is “rapidly deteriorating.” Assistant Secretary-General for...
Ukrainian helicopter shot down
Militants shot down a Ukrainian military helicopter late Tuesday afternoon in eastern Ukraine, five days after Ukraine’s president declared a cease-fire. …read more Source:...
Russia to Set Own Barriers in Response to Ukraine’s EU Trade Pact
With Ukraine set to sign a free trade pact with the European Union on Friday, Russia has said it is likely to respond with trade barriers without seeking approval from Belarus and Kazakhstan, its partners in a customs union. Ukraine is due to sign the second part of its association agreement with the EU on June 27. The pact has been at the heart...
US reserves judgment on Putin comments on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it is “reserving judgment” on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for extending a weeklong cease-fire in Ukraine, saying it puts more stock in Russia’s actions than its words…. …read more Source: Associated...
