Section: FOX News (USA)
Germany hosts Russian, Ukrainian, French foreign ministers in push for diplomatic progress
Germany’s foreign minister is hosting his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France in an attempt to move forward efforts to calm the Ukrainian crisis and perhaps clear the way for a summit of the countries’ leaders. …read more Source: FOX...
Merkel urges Putin, Poroshenko to implement peace plan, still undecided on 4-way talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko she’s ready to take part in four-way summit over the Ukraine conflict only if there’s a chance of real progress. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine says separatists intensify attacks on government positions as peace talks beckon
Ukrainian military officials say separatists in the east have intensified their shelling of government positions ahead of peace talks expected in the coming week. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian PM, in Germany, seeks continued Western unity in pressing Russia on peace deal
Ukraine’s prime minister is calling for continued Western unity in pressing Russia to fully implement a much-violated peace deal. …read more Source: FOX...
Bus crash kills 12 Ukrainian servicemen and injures 21 on snowy road in conflict zone
A bus carrying Ukrainian servicemen collided with two heavy trucks on a snowy road, killing 12 of them and injuring 21, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch probing what intelligence agencies knew about flight risks before MH17 downed in Ukraine
Dutch authorities are launching an investigation into what Dutch intelligence agencies knew about the risks of flying through Ukrainian airspace before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed in July. …read more Source: FOX...
Experts: Despite pressure, EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis won’t end soon
EU sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine are cutting both ways and pinching some big European companies. …read more Source: FOX...
Crimea soccer fans deeply loyal to their teams despite tensions between Ukraine, Russia
Crimea’s soccer fans, especially the tough and boisterous young men who frequent the games, are as devoted as ever, even as political tensions cloud the region’s teams. In the wake of Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, the European soccer federation UEFA in December banned Crimean soccer clubs from...
Commander of Ukrainian rebel ‘Batman’ battalion killed
A Ukrainian security official says a prominent rebel commander in the separatist eastern region of Luhansk has been killed. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia-led trade bloc of 4 nations born in times troubled by ruble’s fall, Ukraine tensions
The Eurasian Economic Union, a trade bloc of former Soviet states, expanded to four nations Friday when Armenia formally joined, a day after the union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan began. …read more Source: FOX...
