Section: ABC News (USA)
Russia recognizes passports from Ukrainian separatists, stoking annexation fears
Move seen as potential step towards recognising rebel regions as independent …read more Source: ABC...
5 arrested in Kiev clash between nationalists, police
Five people have been detained and one policeman injured in a clash between Ukrainian nationalist demonstrators and police outside the presidential administration building in Kiev …read more Source: ABC...
US slams Russia’s move to recognize Ukraine rebel documents
The United States says it is disturbed by Russia’s decision to recognize passports and other documents issued by rebel authorities in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
The Latest: Pence offers Ukraine’s president support
Vice President Mike Pence has met with the president of Ukraine and assured him of U.S. support …read more Source: ABC...
Russia now recognizes Ukrainian rebel documents, passports
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order for Russia to recognize passports and other documents issued by separatist rebel authorities in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Germany: No plans to add US to group solving Ukraine crisis
Germany’s foreign minister is making clear there are no plans to add the U.S. to the group of countries that have been meeting in efforts to help reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: ABC...
Pence says US ‘strongly supports NATO,’ will hold Russia ‘accountable’ for Ukraine actions
The comments were made in Germany during his first foreign trip as VP. …read more Source: ABC...
US secretary of state says Russia must honor Ukraine deal
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia must abide by a 2015 deal aimed at ending fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists as the Trump administration searches for ways to work cooperatively with Moscow …read more Source: ABC...
Ukrainian hacker gets prison for leading online theft ring
A Ukrainian hacker who admitted using thousands of infected computers to steal user names and passwords for bank accounts and other online services has been sentenced to 41 months in prison …read more Source: ABC...
Donetsk residents say OSCE monitors inffectual
About 1,000 residents of Ukraine’s largest rebel-held city have demonstrated outside the OSCE’s office there to complain that the monitoring mission in the conflict is ineffective …read more Source: ABC...