Section: CNS News (USA)
Defense secretary convenes meeting on Russia, Ukraine
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is summoning top American defense and diplomatic leaders to Germany Friday to map out a counterstrategy to Russia’s military operations in Ukraine and reassure allies worried about Moscow’s aggression. …read more Source: CNS...
Russia’s Putin to visit Pope Francis June 10 at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Pope Francis on June 10 at the Vatican, with conflicts in Syria and Ukraine likely to top the Holy See’s agenda. …read more Source: CNS...
G-7 summit expected to lead to fresh admonishment of Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — A summit of President Barack Obama and other Western leaders this weekend in Germany is expected to produce new condemnation — but not more punishment — of Russia for its suspected role in the escalating violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine battle tests cease-fire to breaking point
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A major battle erupted Wednesday on the western edge of the main separatist rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine, leaving more than a dozen dead and threatening to tip the country back into full-blown war. …read more Source: CNS...
Reports: At least 17 killed in Ukraine battles
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Separatists in east Ukraine said 15 people in territory under their control were killed Wednesday during battles around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk that is threatening to tip the country back into full-blown war. …read more Source: CNS...
Deaths, surge in fighting in Ukraine threaten cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — More civilian deaths and a new and unusually intense round of fighting Wednesday in eastern Ukraine are rekindling fears that a shaky cease-fire deal reached in February may be teetering toward collapse. …read more Source: CNS...
3 civilians killed in surge of shelling in east Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three civilians have been killed in east Ukraine in a further surge in shelling in several locations along the front line, government and rebel officials said Wednesday. …read more Source: CNS...
2 civilians killed in surge of shelling in east Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in east Ukraine say two civilians in a government-controlled area have been killed amid a surge of shelling as combat flares between the armed forces and separatist rebels. …read more Source: CNS...
5 die in eastern Ukraine despite cease-fire
MOSCOW (AP) — At least two civilians and three Ukrainian troops have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire, officials on both sides of the conflict said Monday. …read more Source: CNS...
Ex-Georgian president named governor of Ukraine region
MOSCOW (AP) — Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday was appointed governor of Ukraine’s troubled Odessa region. …read more Source: CNS...
