Section: Boston Herald (USA)
US, Russia vow intel-sharing on Islamic State
PARIS — The United States and Russia vowed Tuesday to renew cooperation on a broad array of global security matters — including intelligence sharing on Islamic State militants — the even as the two powers remained deeply at odds over the crisis in Ukraine.Although Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t use the term “reset” — a...
Clashes erupt outside Ukraine's parliament in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine — Clashes broke out Tuesday between demonstrators and police in front of Ukraine’s parliament in Kiev as deputies inside repeatedly voted down proposals to recognize a contentious World War II-era Ukrainian partisan group as national heroes.Thousands of Svoboda nationalist party supporters rallied earlier in the capital in...
Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman.Dmitry Peskov told Russian news outlets late Saturday in Sochi that Putin had ordered approximately 17,600 troops to return home from Rostov, a southern region that borders east...
UN says hundreds killed during Ukraine cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine — At least 331 deaths have been reported in eastern Ukraine since last month’s cease-fire deal between Russian-backed separatists and government troops, the United Nations said Wednesday.Hostilities are persisting in the main rebel-held city of Donetsk, as well as around the towns of Debaltseve and Schastye. …read more...
East Ukraine rebels keep up drive to take airport
KIEV, Ukraine — Defense officials in Ukraine say there has been no letup in efforts by pro-Russia separatist fighters in the east to capture the airport in the main rebel-held city of Donetsk.Security spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Tuesday that rebels fired on the terminal from tanks, artillery systems and multiple rocket launchers.A cease-fire...
New Polish premier wants more US military presence
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s new prime minister said Wednesday that she will seek a greater U.S. military presence in the country as the conflict in neighboring Ukraine has made Poland’s security and U.S.-Polish relationship even more important.Later Wednesday the Parliament voted 259-183 with seven abstentions to grant Ewa Kopacz and...
Ukraine rebels close in on Donetsk airport
DONETSK, Ukraine — Rebels in eastern Ukraine appeared to be successfully closing in on the government-held airport in Donetsk Wednesday, a strategic victory for the pro-Russian separatists.At least 10 people were killed as residential areas near the airport were caught in the crossfire, further undermining a shaky truce that was imposed last...
Russian news agency goes back to Soviet name: Tass
MOSCOW — The Russian news agency known since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union as ITAR-Tass has reverted to its old, historical name: Tass.Some see it as another sign of Russian nostalgia for the Soviet era, which has been heightened by the conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine. But it may also simply be an acknowledgment that the...
Ukraine: Cease-fire being upheld on both sides
KIEV, Ukraine — A cease-fire in east Ukraine is being upheld by both government troops and Russia-backed rebels, a senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday, in a first step toward enforcing a truce that has been riddled by repeated violations since it was imposed earlier this month.Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National...
Kiev notes progress on eastern Ukraine cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine — Both government troops and pro-Russian rebels began withdrawing heavy artillery in the east of the country, Ukrainian officials said Monday, a significant step toward implementing an effective cease-fire in the region.Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said Kiev’s forces...
