Section: International Business Times (USA)
MH17’s Black Box Of Little Use In Event Of ‘Instant Decompression’ Caused By Buk Missile Strike
After a brief time under rebel control, rumors of a trip to Moscow and a long flight from Ukraine, the black boxes that could provide essential insight into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 have arrived in the United Kingdom. Investigators from the U.K.’s Air Accident Investigation Branch will examine the boxes’ contents,...
MH17 Victims’ Phones Answered by ‘Eastern European Accents’ Amid Looting Reports, Dutch Families Say
Grief-stricken relatives of the victims killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over Ukraine with a missile have reported calling their family members’ phones to find them not only working, but answered by strangers. …read more Source: International Business...
US And EU Impose Toughest Sanctions Yet On Russia
A pro-Russian separatist from the Vostok (East) battalion poses for a picture atop a T-64 tank in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, July 16, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev …read more Source: International Business...
US, EU Ready To Impose More Sanctions Against Russia While Rocket Attack Kills 11 In Donetsk
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday that Washington and the European Union are preparing further sanctions against Russia, even as a rocket attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk killed 11 people. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Claims Plane Shot Down From Russian Territory
Ukraine said Monday that a transport plane shot down in the eastern part of the country was “probably” fired on from Russia, as the Ukrainian government continued to assert that Russian troops are fighting alongside pro-Russia separatists against government forces. Col. Gen. Valery Heletey, Ukraine’s defense minister, said the...
Ukraine Scrambles Fighter Jets Against Pro-Russian Separatist Rebels As They Resume Deadly Missile Attacks
Ukraine scrambled jet fighters to strike at rebel positions early on Saturday, after separatists resumed missile attacks on government forces near the frontier with Russia, the border guard service said. In a night of violence in several areas of eastern Ukraine following a missile strike by separatists on Friday that killed at least 23...
Ukraine’s East Being Deserted As Thousands Flee Cities: Poroshenko’s Military To Hit Back
Thousands of Ukrainians began fleeing the cities in the eastern part of the country, as Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko vowed to take revenge on pro-Russian separatists for killing almost 30 troops and injuring about 93 soldiers with rocket fire in Donetsk on Friday. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Crisis: Up To 30 Soldiers Killed By Rebels; Possibly Deadliest Attack Since Cease-Fire Ended
A missile attack from pro-Russia separatists may have killed up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers and border guards Friday in what may be the deadliest attack since the Ukrainian government ended a self-imposed cease-fire late last month. The rebels fired Grad missiles at a Ukrainian border post in Zelenopillya, in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border,...
Ukraine Readies Plan Against Rebels
(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces regained more ground but sustained further casualties on Thursday in clashes with separatists, while two Western allies urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin to exert more pressure on the rebels to find a negotiated end to the conflict. Government forces have recently gained the upper hand in the three-month...
