Section: CNS News (USA)
Ash Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense
By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Europe to spend more on defense in light of security threats like terrorism and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Carter made the plea Wednesday during a question-and-answer sessions with Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at Georgetown University.read more...
Mother of Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia seeks global help
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Mother of Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia seeks global help
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The mother of a Ukrainian helicopter pilot imprisoned in Russia is on a global campaign seeking support from world leaders to pressure President Vladimir Putin to free her daughter.read more …read more Source: CNS...
US to send Ukraine $18 million in food, health, shelter aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will supply Ukraine with nearly $18 million in aid to provide shelter, food vouchers, potable water and health and sanitation in regions affected by fighting between government forces and pro-Russia fighters.read more …read more Source: CNS...
US, Ukraine start military training, defying Russian fury
YAVORIV, Ukraine (AP) — Troops from the United States and Ukraine have officially opened joint training exercises intended to help bolster Ukraine’s defenses against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east.read more …read more Source: CNS...
Diplomacy out, blunt talk in as Obama gets tough on GOP
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Peevish or loaded for bear _ Obama getting tough on critics
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US troops arrive in Ukraine for training exercises
MOSCOW (AP) — About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticized by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels.read more …read more Source: CNS...
UN: death toll in Ukraine fighting now above 6,100
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people killed in a year of fighting in Ukraine has now passed 6,100, and says it’s increasingly worried that breaches in a cease-fire will further worsen the human rights situation in parts of the country’s east.read more …read more Source: CNS...
A U.S.-Russia War Over Ukraine?
“Could a U.S. response to Russia’s action in Ukraine provoke a confrontation that leads to a U.S.-Russia War?”This jolting question is raised by Graham Allison and Dimitri Simes in the cover article of The National Interest. default_blog.jpg read more …read more Source: CNS...
