Section: CNS News (USA)
800 troops from US, Europe take part in Moldova exercises
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Some 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, a former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine rebels say their small weapons pullback is beginning
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s separatist rebels say they have begun pulling back military vehicles with small-caliber weapons from most of the front line in their war with Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine calls local elections but not in rebel-held east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian parliament has voted to call a local election across the country in October, but not in the rebel-occupied east. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainians, Australian kin mark year since MH17 downing
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago began a procession to the crash site on Friday, while the Australian prime minister remembered the “savagery” of the disaster by unveiling a plaque in Canberra that’s set in soil from the place...
Australia memorializes victims of Malaysian plane shot down
SYDNEY (AP) — Tearful relatives of several Australians who were flying on the Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine a year ago gathered for a memorial service Friday that included the unveiling of a plaque set in soil from the place where they died. …read more Source: CNS...
Little certainty 1 year after airliner shot down in Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A year since a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was blown out of the sky over war-ravaged eastern Ukraine — killing 298 people — there has been little official word of progress in determining what brought down Flight MH17. One of the probes under way reportedly points toward a ground-to-air missile fired from a village held by...
Ukraine moves toward constitutional reform
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday made the first step toward devolving more powers to separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine by sending the bill on constitutional reform for review at the country’s highest court. …read more Source: CNS...
A year on, Ukrainian villagers recall horrors of MH17 crash
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — The field outside Hrabove, littered one year ago with bodies and smelling of burnt flesh and plastic, now smells of wild flowers. …read more Source: CNS...
8 Ukrainian troops killed, 16 hurt in war-torn east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian military spokesman says eight troops have been killed and 16 wounded in war-torn eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine PM says reforms continue despite ‘lunatic’ lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister pushed back Monday against a pair of forces threatening to undermine his fragile government, likening members of Ukraine’s parliament to “lunatics” while defending a nationalist militia that is locked in a standoff with police. …read more Source: CNS...
