Section: CNS News (USA)
EU: Russia-Ukraine talks on gas supplies to resume
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine will resume talks aimed at trying to clinch a deal guaranteeing that Ukraine will receive shipments of Russian natural gas this winter. …read more Source: CNS...
OSCE envoy regrets lack of progress in Ukraine talks
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — An envoy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced regret over the intransigence of Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, who have insisted on holding local elections in defiance of the Ukrainian government. …read more Source: CNS...
High-profile trial of Ukrainian officer begins in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday began hearing the high-profile case against a Ukrainian officer who is charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine leader expresses wish to join NATO
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s richest man plays both sides of war’s frontline
KRASNODON, Ukraine (AP) — In this town deep in eastern Ukraine’s rebel heartland, about a quarter of the population works in the coal mines owned by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man. Here and elsewhere in territory controlled by the separatist insurgency, the tycoon keeps the lights on and people clothed and fed, with...
OSCE warns of breakdown of central heating in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — The Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe is raising the alarm about a potential breakdown of central heating systems across war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Putin, Berlusconi in Ukraine probe for drinking Crimea wine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian prosecutors are reportedly preparing charges against the director of a winery in Russian-occupied Crimea for uncorking a 240-year-old bottle for Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. …read more Source: CNS...
Poland’s pro-defense forces hold first nationwide rally
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of members of pro-defense forces marched in downtown Warsaw on Thursday to show their readiness to defend Poland if needed, amid concerns over the conflict in neighboring Ukraine and Russia’s role in it. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine to take BBC journalists off its sanctions list
MOSCOW (AP) — An official says Ukraine’s president has instructed security officials to strike the names of three BBC journalists off the country’s sanctions list. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine bars 3 BBC journalists from entering Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine has barred a few dozen reporters, including three BBC journalists, from entering the country as an unspecified security threat. …read more Source: CNS...
