Section: Associated Press (USA)
Ukrainian filmmaker sentenced to 20 years in Russia
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — A Russian court has convicted a Ukrainian filmmaker of conspiracy to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine vows to increase troops to fend off rebel attacks
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a “large-scale invasion,” in an impassioned speech to mark Independence Day on Monday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russians ask for 23-year sentence for Crimean filmmaker
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors are asking a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine bans films featuring blacklisted Russian actors
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine says it has banned the screening of films featuring Russian actors included on a blacklist…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country’s most sacred spiritual symbol, under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s new police on charm offensive in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Only a few months ago, Kiev residents would normally avoid the police if they could help it. The officer would be of no use on a complaint – or worse, would demand a bribe…. …read more Source: Associated...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against govt
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kiev on Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukrainian village marks anniversary of Malaysian plane crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard are marking the disaster’s anniversary…. …read more Source: Associated...
Little certainty 1 year after airliner shot down in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A year since a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine – killing 298 people – there has been little official word of progress in determining what brought down Flight MH17. One of the probes under way reportedly points toward a ground-to-air missile fired from a village...
