Section: Associated Press (USA)
A year on, Ukrainian villagers recall horrors of MH17 crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — The field outside Hrabove, littered one year ago with bodies and smelling of burnt flesh and plastic, now smells of wild flowers…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s self-defense units look for the enemy within
ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Striding through headquarters, Todor Panevsky gleefully announced that comrades in his self-defense unit had detained a pro-Russian separatist sympathizer in this picturesque port city…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russia dissatisfied with MH17 report by Dutch Safety Board
MOSCOW (AP) — A draft Dutch report into last year’s crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine fails to offer a comprehensive picture, a Russian aviation official said Thursday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Merkel faces Greek challenge with strong political capital
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has emerged undamaged from the global financial crisis, European bailouts, an astonishing u-turn on nuclear power and the crisis over Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Progress in Ukraine talks reported, but no breakthrough
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Negotiators say progress has been made at the latest round of talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict but there has been no breakthrough…. …read more Source: Associated...
In east Ukraine psychiatric ward, war deepens mental wounds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Whenever the bombs fell, the men and women in the psychiatric ward would huddle in terror around fellow patient Valentina Izotova, a stout, maternal-looking woman, and she would read to them from her favorite book. They hardly understood a word, but her voice soothed them…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s artillery duels again take toll on civilians
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Crackling forth over radio, the voice ordered tanks to take position in a residential area in Donetsk, the stronghold of separatist rebels in east Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Caught in the middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
KATERYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government border guard troops on patrol this week scrambling to brace against the ambush they expect every time they venture into...
Russia steps up military modernization _ but at what cost?
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it “feel like a video game.” Russia’s Armata tank, which its creator says can be turned into a fully robotic combat vehicle, is the crowning glory of a sweeping...
Educated Ukrainians flee east Ukraine for new lives in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Alesya Bolot worked for a contemporary arts foundation that converted an abandoned factory into a mecca for young and bright people with daring ideas. Vibrant and cosmopolitan, the 27-year-old would not look out of place in a gallery in New York…. …read more Source: Associated...
