Section: CNS News (USA)
Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukrainian lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine open to hosting missile defense system
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian security official says his country is open to placing a ballistic missile-defense system in Ukraine to ward off the potential risk of attacks from Russia. …read more Source: CNS...
Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Lonely and hurting, two men lie in narrow beds in a Kiev hospital as controversy swirls around them. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian captured in eastern Ukraine says he is fine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Representatives of Amnesty International and the OSCE have visited the two captured fighters whom Ukraine claims are Russian soldiers in a Kiev hospital. …read more Source: CNS...
NATO meets Russians in Brussels, urges Ukraine withdrawal
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Russia’s foreign minister met Tuesday for the first time in three months, and Stoltenberg said he restated the “very strong NATO position” against Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
Economic toll of conflict builds up for Ukraine
There seems to be no bottom for Ukraine’s economy. …read more Source: CNS...
US’s Nuland meets with Russians to back Ukraine cease-fire
MOSCOW (AP) — The United States wants to help solidify a shaky cease-fire and support efforts to resolve political and humanitarian concerns in Ukraine’s rebellious east, a top U.S. diplomat said Monday after meeting with Russian counterparts. …read more Source: CNS...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine treated in Kiev hospital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two wounded Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine have been transferred to a hospital in Kiev, Ukrainian officials said Monday as Moscow once again firmly denied any involvement in the fighting. …read more Source: CNS...
