Section: CNS News (USA)
THE LATEST: Merkel expects G-7 ‘united signal’ on Ukraine
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — 7:35 p.m. (1735 GMT; 1.35 p.m. EDT) …read more Source: CNS...
THE LATEST: Ukraine took up over half Merkel-Obama meeting
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — 6:35 p.m. (1635 GMT; 12:35 p.m. EDT) …read more Source: CNS...
EU chief Tusk urges tough line on Russia sanctions
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — European Union President Donald Tusk is urging leaders at the Group of Seven summit to present a united front on maintaining sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Fed up with failing peace, Ukraine rebels eager to fight
DOKUCHAYEVSK, Ukraine (AP) — In this front-line town in eastern Ukraine, the cease-fire called more than three months ago seems to be only an insulting guise. Shelling rocks the area so often that dogs have learned to head for the basement at the first blast. …read more Source: CNS...
US loses 3-0 to Ukraine at Under-20 World Cup
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Already assured a berth in the second round, the United States completed the group stage of the Under-20 World Cup with a 3-0 loss to Ukraine on Friday in Auckland. …read more Source: CNS...
OSCE says cease-fire violations in Ukraine more frequent
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The mission monitoring a cease-fire agreement in Ukraine warned Friday that violations are becoming more frequent and severe, with heavy weapons often missing from storage areas and rockets and multiple launchers recently being used again. …read more Source: CNS...
Obama, Poroshenko voice ‘deep concern’ over Ukraine fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama spoke Friday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (por-oh-SHEHN’-koh) about stepped-up fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CNS...
Eastern Ukraine tense after outbreak of fighting
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Separatist and government troops in east Ukraine stood nervously poised hundreds of meters apart Thursday in the wake of bloody battle that has threatened to demolish what remains of the brittle cease-fire there. …read more Source: CNS...
Obama to urge Europe not to waver from Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to urge European leaders this weekend not to waver from sanctions against Russia, pursuing what the White House is calling a “steady as she goes” policy while accusing Moscow of flagrantly violating a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s president warns of possibility of rebel offensive
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday warned of a possible large-scale offensive by separatist forces in the east, one day after a major battle erupted on the western edge of the main separatist rebel stronghold. …read more Source: CNS...
