Section: CNS News (USA)
US to expand Ukraine military training
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is planning to expand its training of Ukrainian security forces with small-unit exercises for personnel from Kiev’s Defense Ministry, the Obama administration said Friday. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s new police on charm offensive in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Only a few months ago, Kiev residents would normally avoid the police if they could help it. The officer would be of no use on a complaint — or worse, would demand a bribe. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s justice ministry bars Communists from elections
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s justice ministry has barred three Communist parties from running in the upcoming local elections, citing recent legislation. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia’s UN draft on MH17 crash doesn’t call for tribunal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice — but eliminating the international tribunal that the five countries investigating the crash are seeking to prosecute the perpetrators. …read more Source: CNS...
Volunteer named governor in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed a well-known volunteer as governor in one of the two war-torn regions in the east. …read more Source: CNS...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against govt
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kiev on Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west. …read more Source: CNS...
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers rally against Kiev govt
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers are rallying in Kiev to protest government policies. …read more Source: CNS...
Svitolina upset by Rybarikova 1st round of Istanbul Cup
ISTANBUL (AP) — Second-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine was beaten 6-1, 6-3 by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in the first round of the Istanbul Cup on Monday. …read more Source: CNS...
Lithuania removes remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the Ukraine crisis that symbols of Soviet occupation be removed. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian ex-PM’s daughter under fire for leaving for Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The daughter of a former Russian prime minister is under fire from both Russia and Ukraine for accepting the job of a deputy governor in a Ukrainian region. …read more Source: CNS...
