Section: Associated Press (USA)
Poland in defense shift as anti-Russia mood grows
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is planning a major realignment of its military structure because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said Monday, a move that could shift thousands of troops to its eastern border…. …read more Source: Associated...
Polls: pro-Western parties leading Ukraine vote
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two exit polls indicated that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will secure a narrow win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, falling substantially short of an outright majority…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine’s key election fails to spark enthusiasm
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Gazing across the Maidan square, Evelina Martirosyan recalls how euphoric she was as she joined protests that changed Ukraine’s history. Since the revolution that toppled a despised president, her dreams of a better future have been blunted by war and near economic collapse…. …read more Source:...
Ukraine pins hopes on a new-look parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament is something halfway between a wrestling pit and a shady backroom for hatching deals. Optimists believe Sunday’s elections will change all that…. …read more Source: Associated...
At Berlin Wall, Kerry warns against Cold War redux
BERLIN (AP) — Surrounded by relics of the Cold War, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his German counterpart warned Wednesday against a return to the bitter divide between east and west over the current crisis in Ukraine…. …read more Source: Associated...
Poland’s Sikorski under fire over Russia interview
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A former Polish foreign minister has come under fire from the prime minister and political opponents for giving a U.S. magazine interview in which he allegedly said Russia’s president offered Poland the opportunity to jointly carve up Ukraine in 2008…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine says Russia has agreed to supply gas
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president says his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter…. …read more Source: Associated...
Soldiers’ rights activist jailed in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A veteran activist who investigated the deaths and disappearances of Russian soldiers in Ukraine has been jailed, an advocacy group said Saturday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Putin to meet with Western leaders on Ukraine
MILAN (AP) — Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mounting a diplomatic blitz on the sidelines of a summit of European and Asian leaders in a bid to escape the worst crisis with the West since the Cold War…. …read more Source: Associated...
Ukraine politics turns trashy as mood sours
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, trashing a politician isn’t a metaphor. It’s literal: Find a suspected shady official, grab him and throw him into a dumpster…. …read more Source: Associated...
