Section: CNS News (USA)
Ukraine moves toward allowing foreigners in military
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a measure that would allow foreigners to serve in its armed forces. …read more Source: CNS...
Smaller-weapons pullback begins in Ukraine
SCHASTYE, Ukraine (AP) — Separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces have begun pulling back smaller-caliber weapons from the front line, a step toward de-escalating a war that has killed more than 8,000 people. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian, Ukrainian leaders hold talks in Paris
PARIS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany on Friday in a revived European push to bring peace to eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine to pull out small-caliber weapons from war-torn east
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days’ time if the cease-fire holds, the defense minister said Thursday. …read more Source: CNS...
AP Interview: Ukrainian president pins hopes on UN talks
NEW YORK (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Monday’s planned meeting between President Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin must lead to implementation of an accord aimed at halting war in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Poland moves to take in ethnic Poles from former USSR
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has earmarked funds to bring in tens of thousands of ethnic Poles now living in Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, its finance minister said Tuesday. …read more Source: CNS...
Int’l court prosecutor extends preliminary Ukraine probe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has broadened her preliminary probe in Ukraine to cover possible crimes committed in the country since early 2014 — a period that saw Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
UN envoy: It’s ‘great mistake’ to block aid in east Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. human rights official says efforts by Russia-backed separatist rebels to block the flow of humanitarian aid to people in eastern Ukraine could amount to crimes against humanity. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian court extends detention for 2 Russian servicemen
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kiev court has extended the detention of two Russian servicemen captured in eastern Ukraine in May, ruling that they will remain in jail for at least two more months. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian officer on trial in Russia says she was kidnapped
MOSCOW (AP) — A Ukrainian officer charged with the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine said Tuesday she was kidnapped by Russians after she was captured by separatist rebels. …read more Source: CNS...
