Section: Associated Press (USA)
What’s done, what’s next at the EU summit
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union heads of state and government are meeting in Brussels through Friday to talk about economic and energy policies, the crises in Ukraine and Libya, and the Greek debt problem…. …read more Source: Associated...
Crimea exiles fight to keep Ukraine unity message alive
SHCHASLYVE, Ukraine (AP) — The tormentors stuck scotch tape to his eyes and locked him in a dank room. For 11 days, Andrei Schekun said, they beat him, shocked him with electrodes and scalded him with burning metallic plates…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russia launches massive Arctic military drills
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine’s president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday…. …read more Source: Associated...
AP Interview: Serbia says Russia ties don’t hamper OSCE role
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic says his country’s close ties with Russia are not hampering Belgrade’s chairmanship over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe which has a key monitoring role in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s grinding war stains innocence of childhood
KHARTSYZK, Ukraine (AP) — Seryozha colors in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war…. …read more Source: Associated...
Embattled Ukrainian town struggles to come back to life
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up truck lies on its side surrounded by shrapnel…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin describes secret meeting to take Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea – the Black Sea region that Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine industry seeks ties with West, but buckles in crisis
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Volodymyr Kuzovkin’s office is less than 50 miles from the European Union, but for him and his factory, the EU is a world away…. …read more Source: Associated...
Rebel pageant: Ukrainian fighters trade in boots for heels
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Trading in their combat boots and fatigues for high heels and ball gowns, female rebel fighters who normally fight Ukrainian soldiers have taken the day off to take part in a beauty pageant…. …read more Source: Associated...
