Section: CNS News (USA)
Lithuania to remove remaining Soviet-era statues in capital
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is removing all the Soviet statues remaining in its capital, prompted by renewed calls to take down the symbols of an oppressive Soviet occupation amid the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: CNS...
Right Sector gunmen take boy hostage in western Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two gunmen from Ukraine’s notorious nationalist militia Right Sector have briefly taken a six-year-old boy hostage in western Ukraine as a standoff between the gunmen and police entered its third day. …read more Source: CNS...
At least 2 dead in in Ukraine sports club attack
MOSCOW (AP) — At least two people were killed Saturday in a gun and grenade attack in a western Ukraine city involving the country’s notorious nationalist militia Right Sector. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s self-defense units look for the enemy within
ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Striding through headquarters, Todor Panevsky gleefully announced that comrades in his self-defense unit had detained a pro-Russian separatist sympathizer in this picturesque port city. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia opposes UN resolution for tribunal for MH17 crash
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia says it is opposed to a UN resolution that would establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: CNS...
Stakhovsky criticized for anti-gay comment attributed to him
LONDON (AP) — The heads of the ATP and WTA have criticized professional tennis player Sergiy Stakhovsky for anti-gay comments about the women’s tour attributed to him. His remarks came in an interview with a Ukraine-based website. …read more Source: CNS...
Gunman kills 3 postal workers in Ukraine, steals $115,000
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian police say an unidentified gunman has killed three postal workers transporting money and escaped with the equivalent of $115,000. …read more Source: CNS...
Joint Chiefs nominees: Arming Ukraine is ‘reasonable’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says it is “reasonable” to supply lethal arms to Ukrainians fighting against Russian-backed rebels …read more Source: CNS...
Europe lawmakers condemn Russian actions in Crimea, Ukraine
HELSINKI (AP) — Some 100 lawmakers, mainly from Europe, have condemned Russia’s actions in Crimea and Ukraine at a meeting honoring a 1975 accord seen as a milestone in reducing tensions between the East and West during the Cold War. …read more Source: CNS...
Talks to resolve Ukraine conflict end without results
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The negotiating group aiming at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine has ended its latest round of talks without firm results. …read more Source: CNS...
