Section: CNS News (USA)
International monitors: Cease-fire in eastern Ukraine holds
MOSCOW (AP) — International observers in eastern Ukraine say that a cease-fire there has been holding for two weeks now. …read more Source: CNS...
Bondarenko knocks out top-seeded Navarro in Japan Open
TOKYO (AP) — Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine knocked out top-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round of the Japan Open. …read more Source: CNS...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has extended by six months a visa ban and asset freeze targeting several close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin and others involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea and other territorial disputes in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
OSCE head says Sept. 1 cease-fire in eastern Ukraine holding
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A renewed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine has held for more than 10 days, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Saturday, adding that this creates the possibility of progress on the political level to resolve the conflict. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine says sealing border with Russia condition for peace
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the withdrawal of Russian forces from the east and the sealing of the nation’s border with Russia are key conditions for peace in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Italy’s ex-PM comes to Crimea to meet with old friend Putin
MOSCOW (AP) — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is visiting Russia-occupied Crimea in a sign of symbolic support of his close friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian gets prison for painting star in Ukraine’s colors
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a man to more than two years in prison for painting a star on the spire of a Moscow skyscraper in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Four co-defendants were acquitted. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine, Slovakia premiers condemn Nord Stream 2 project
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine discuss peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine have had a conference call to discuss the implementation of a peace deal for eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ex-rebel chief in eastern Ukraine: ouster due to ‘intrigue’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former rebel chief in eastern Ukraine who has lost his job in a sudden reshuffling has attributed his downfall to unspecified “intrigue.” …read more Source: CNS...
