Section: US & Canada
Police Clash With Maidan Supporters In Kharkiv
Police violently broke up a demonstration of Maidan supporters in the eastern city of Kharkiv on June 22. Members of the Hryfon special police unit attacked Ukrainian activists who attempted to prevent a pro-Russian rally in the city center. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Ukraine Refugees Cross Into Russia
As fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels, more residents of towns and villages in eastern Ukraine made their way toward the border and sought refuge in Russia’s Rostov region on June 21. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hague: Russia must cooperate or face new sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Several European foreign ministers are threatening further sanctions if Russia fails to cooperate with Ukraine’s proposed peace plan and doesn’t stop the flow of arms and militants across its border into eastern Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin Attempts to Straddle a Divide He Helped to Pry Open in Ukraine
Russia’s charged balancing act in its policy toward Ukraine has become evident, with President Vladimir V. Putin both endorsing a peace plan and rebuking Kiev for a shaky cease-fire. …read more Source: The New York...
Fighting continues despite Ukraine ceasefire
Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kyiv to talk to the rebels. …read more Source:...
Putin Backs Poroshenko’s Cease-Fire, Calls For ‘Dialogue’
Russian television has shown President Vladimir Putin giving cautious support to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s unilateral cease-fire but also saying that any cessation of hostilities is meaningless without “dialogue.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Vladimir Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine’s declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support Sunday for Ukraine’s declaration of a cease-fire in its battle against pro-Russian separatists and called on both sides to negotiate a compromise. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ Dialogue With Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a “comprehensive” dialogue among all the conflicting parties in the crisis in eastern Ukraine that has killed hundreds. The Russian leader told reporters in Moscow Sunday that he welcomed the cease-fire called by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. But, Putin said...
Russian president urges Kyiv to stop fighting, ensure talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that artillery was used in overnight fighting in eastern Ukraine and urged Kyiv to cease fighting and ensure dialogue with the rebels. …read more Source:...
