Section: Associated Press (USA)
Misery, tuberculosis in prisons of war-torn east Ukraine
ZHDANIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The colony of cats living on the grounds of the Zhdanivka penitentiary disappeared when battles in east Ukraine peaked. Talk in the prison is that inmates ate them when food deliveries stopped…. …read more Source: Associated...
Czech president, US envoy in rare public spat over Ukraine
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade, and the country’s prime minister and Czech lawmakers are siding with the American…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
YENAKIEYEVE, Ukraine (AP) — On a recent spring morning, an important visitor watched Russian-backed rebels conduct infantry maneuvers in eastern Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
American farmer among the winners in sanctions-hit Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Kansas-born farmer Justus Walker is prospering in Russia – one year after U.S. and European Union sanctions against his adopted country over its aggression in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Rebel leader: Kiev blocks solution for eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has accused the Kiev government of blocking a political solution for the conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives…. …read more Source: Associated...
AP Interview: Ukraine PM: Russia could spark new offensive
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister has told The Associated Press that Russia plans to eliminate his country as an independent state and could spark a new offensive in the east to achieve that aim…. …read more Source: Associated...
2 Ukraine officials arrested on live TV during gov’t meeting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police officers charged into a televised government meeting Wednesday and detained two top officials on suspicion of extorting bribes…. …read more Source: Associated...
Clashes rage in Ukrainian town, making mockery of truce
SHYROKYNE, Ukraine (AP) — To reach rear-guard government positions in the seaside town of Shyrokyne, Ukrainian soldiers gingerly wind their off-roaders through private gardens hugging a precipice along the Azov Sea…. …read more Source: Associated...
Confidence in Ukraine’s cease-fire hurt by arms violations
NOVOAMVROSIIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — With cameras and clipboards in hands, teams of blue-jacketed international observers drive around the muddy countryside of eastern Ukraine looking for rocket launchers and artillery…. …read more Source: Associated...
Georgians hit by fallout from trouble in Russia, Ukraine
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — For Mariam Matiashvili, Georgia’s crumbling tourist trade is a health risk…. …read more Source: Associated...
