Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Parliament Endorses Poroshenko Nominations Amid Fresh Fighting
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has received parliamentary backing for his nominations to several key posts in his new team. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Clashes Reported in Ukraine After Cease-Fire Proposal
Residents of Krasny Liman, a railroad hub, said they had heard heavy shelling outside the town near a checkpoint previously held by rebels. …read more Source: The New York...
NATO Chief: More Russian Troops at Ukraine’s Border
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at Ukraine’s eastern border, a build-up he called a regrettable step backwards. “We now see a new Russian military build-up around the Ukrainian border. At least a few thousand more Russian troops are now...
“A climate of lawlessness prevails”
U.N. reports says eastern Ukraine under “a reign of fear” as killings, torture, and abductions by “armed groups” rise dramatically …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Forces Fire Mortar Rounds At Slovyansk Rebels
Ukrainian troops positioned in the village of Skhidne near Slovyansk on June 18 used mortar fire against rebels holed up in the city. They also fired a cannon mounted on a Ukrainian-designed BTR-4E armored personnel carrier. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
South Ossetia Recognizes ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’
Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, itself almost wholly unrecognized as an independent state, has announced its recognition of the “Luhansk People’s Republic” as a sovereign, independent country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Slovyansk Prepares Coffins For Killed Rebels
Empty pine coffins piled up outside the Luhansk city hall on June 18, awaiting the arrival of the bodies of rebels killed as Ukrainian forces retook the town of Shchastya, 20 kilometers north of Luhansk, from pro-Russian separatists. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US Warns of More ‘Costs’ if Russia Fails to Help Stem Ukraine Crisis
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States will work with its partners to impose “further costs on Russia” if it does not use its influence to help halt separatist violence in eastern Ukraine. The White House said Biden spoke by telephone Wednesday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and that the two promised to...
Biden Warns Moscow Of ‘Further Costs’ Over Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has said the United States will work with allies to “impose further costs on Russia” if Moscow fails to use its influence to stop separatist violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Says Hundreds Killed, Detained In Ukraine
UN monitors in eastern Ukraine say they’ve recorded a steady rise in killing, tortures and abductions by pro-Russian armed groups. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
