Section: CBS (USA)
Obama: U.S. to increase sanctions on Russia over Ukraine crisis
The president says the U.S. will step up economic penalties against Russia because there’s no “conclusive evidence” Russia is respecting a cease-fire in Ukraine …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin orders new flexing of military muscle
Major military drill is 2nd announcement by Putin in 24 hours in clear response to NATO’s bolstering of defenses over Ukraine …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader says Russian troops on the move
President Poroshenko says fragile truce in eastern Ukraine is hard work, but gives new reasons to hope the worst could be over …read more Source:...
Dutch release preliminary Flight 17 crash report
Hints about what tore jet apart, but details sparse in preliminary report on what brought Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 down in east Ukraine …read more Source:...
EU formally adopts new sanctions against Russia
Sanctions resulting from Russian meddling in Ukraine won’t be implemented until “an assessment” of cease-fire there made …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s leader makes surprise visit to embattled city
Poroshenko delivers fiery speech to hundreds in Mariupol in a dramatic show of Kiev’s strength in the region …read more Source:...
Tough weekend for cease-fire in east Ukraine
Truce agreed just days earlier by pro-Russian separatists and gov’t in Kiev is tested sharply around key cities …read more Source:...
Ukraine cease-fire appears to unravel in rebel stronghold
Shelling kills a civilian, and government-held airport comes under apparent attack; truce agreement barely held 24 hours …read more Source:...
Delicate cease-fire appears to hold in Ukraine
After four months of bloodshed, sporadic gunfire but overall calm in eastern Ukraine …read more Source:...
Somalia, Libya, and China on the backburner – but for how long?
Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine have dominated the headlines, but emerging issues elsewhere could create real problems for the U.S. …read more Source:...
