Section: CNS News (USA)
Russia and Ukraine reach deal to temporarily unblock trucks
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian and Ukrainian authorities have reached an agreement that will allow long-haul trucks a grace period to “return home” after Ukraine-licensed vehicles were forbidden from transiting Russian territory and vice versa. …read more Source: CNS...
Tatars step up resistance to Russian rule over Crimea
UROZHAYNE, Crimea (AP) — Elnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic Tatar, is in jail. Last April, when she was seven months pregnant, police grabbed him from the streets of their village because he had taken part in a Tatar protest against Russian annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: CNS...
Kerry takes aim at Russia over Ukraine and Syria
MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is sharply criticizing Russia for its actions in Ukraine and Syria, accusing Moscow of “repeated aggression” in both places. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian PM: West rekindling the Cold War
MUNICH (AP) — Russia’s prime minister is accusing the West of rekindling the Cold War, saying sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea and new moves by the NATO alliance “only aggravate” tensions. …read more Source: CNS...
Germany presses Russia, Ukraine to implement peace deal
MUNICH (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister pressed for progress on a year-old peace plan for eastern Ukraine as he met Saturday with senior officials from Russia, Ukraine and France, saying he hopes that Moscow and Kiev realize that they don’t have forever to implement the deal …read more Source: CNS...
3 people killed by land mine in eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people have been killed in eastern Ukraine when a bus hit a land mine in a no man’s land between separatist rebels and government troops. …read more Source: CNS...
Suspension of Turkey flights costs Russian airports heavily
MOSCOW (AP) — A top official at Russia’s busiest airport says the halt or reduction of flights to Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt over the past three months has cost the country’s airports six billion rubles ($77 million). …read more Source: CNS...
Russia helps Ukraine battle town rebuild, villages struggle
NIKISHYNE, Ukraine (AP) — Polina Demyanenko’s quaint white-and-green house still bears the scars of one of the fiercest battles of Ukraine’s war. The roof is gone, the windows broken and the walls shredded by shrapnel. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian minister hopes resignation will speed up reforms
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian economy minister whose resignation plunged the country into yet another political crisis said on Friday he hopes it will help create momentum for economic reforms. …read more Source: CNS...
Fighting flares up in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government has accused Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of violating the shaky truce with large-caliber weapons. …read more Source: CNS...
