Section: CNS News (USA)
US warns of sharp rise in separatist attacks in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says Ukrainian rebels launched more attacks over the last three days than any similar time period since February, in what may be an escalating effort by Russian-backed militants to destabilize Ukraine’s Western-backed government. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine bans films featuring blacklisted Russian actors
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine says it has banned the screening of films featuring Russian actors included on a blacklist. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine argues for US weapons during Pelosi’s visit to Kiev
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian security officials have renewed their request for U.S. weapons while meeting with a visiting congressional delegation headed by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. …read more Source: CNS...
Poland’s president-elect wants NATO bases, talks on Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president-elect, who takes office on Thursday, says he wants to see NATO bases in Poland and will talk to European Union partners about including Poland in Ukraine peace talks. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia tightens controls on imports of Dutch flowers
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has tightened controls on imports of cut flowers from the Netherlands, a move that comes amid a strain in ties over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine grants citizenship to Russian given government job
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has granted Ukrainian citizenship to a Russian opposition figure nominated to a regional government job. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s ex-PM sets up ‘Ukraine salvation committee’
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s former prime minister, in exile in Moscow, has announced the creation of a ‘Ukraine salvation committee’ and pushed for early presidential and parliamentary elections. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine will try again for downed plane tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister said Thursday that the five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago will try again to get U.N. Security Council approval for an international tribunal to prosecute the alleged perpetrators. …read more Source: CNS...
Rebels in eastern Ukraine say radioactive waste cache safe
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine have sought to assuage concerns that a cache of radioactive waste at a local chemical factory could pose a threat. …read more Source: CNS...
Putin puts Crimean site under federal control after scandal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country’s most sacred spiritual symbol, under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director. …read more Source: CNS...
