Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Coal Miners Trapped: 379 Donbass Workers In Mine After Shelling Causes Power Failure
Nearly 400 people were trapped Wednesday in two eastern Ukraine mines after a reported artillery shelling caused a power failure at each location, according to media reports. A spokesman for the Donestsk People’s Republic (DPR) Defense Ministry confirmed the emergency situation in the country’s Donbass region to the Interfax news...
Russian Media Claims Su-24 Bomber Forced US Navy Ship To Abandon Mission, Pentagon Responds With Footage Of Peaceful Encounter
The Pentagon released footage Monday of a close encounter between a U.S. Navy warship and a Russian Su-24 bomber off the coast of Crimea. U.S. officials decided to release the video – a rare occurrence in military circles – to refute “erroneous” descriptions of the incident in foreign media, the Pentagon said. …read more Source:...
MH17: Russian Missile Maker Claims Jetliner Downed By Older Version Of Buk Missile Found In Ukraine’s Arsenal
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was downed by an older version of a surface-to-air Buk missile, the Russian maker of the missile system claimed Tuesday, according to the Associated Press (AP). A company official added that the type of Buk missile used in the attack was no longer in service with the Russian military, but was available in...
NATO Holds Military Exercises In Baltic States Amid Increased Russian Activity
The NATO alliance held joint military exercises Monday in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia amid escalating tensions between eastern European nations and Russia. NATO has stepped up the size and training of its forces in recent months in response to a marked uptick in Russian military activity, including Moscow’s purported involvement...
Ukraine Conflict Death Toll Surpasses 6,400 Amid New Evidence Of Russian Military Involvement
At least 6,400 people have now died in the conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, the United Nations’ human rights division said Monday. The U.N. report also found additional evidence of Russian involvement in the conflict, despite the Kremlin’s repeated denials that it has...
MH17: Russia Fabricated Satellite Images To Blame Ukraine For Downing Of Malaysia Airlines Plane, Report Says
Satellite images released by the Russian government days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 were faked to implicate Ukraine in the crash that killed 298 people, a new report said Sunday. The aircraft, which was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur went down in an area of eastern Ukraine held by pro-Russian separatists outside...
Russian Aircraft Head Off US Destroyer In Black Sea: State Broadcaster RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian military aircraft were scrambled to head off a U.S. warship that was acting “aggressively” in the Black Sea, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday, but the Pentagon denied any unusual behavior. RIA quoted an anonymous source in Russia’s armed forces in Crimea as saying that the guided...
Ukraine Appoints Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili Governor Of Odessa
Mikhail Saakashvili, former president of Georgia, was appointed governor of the region of Odessa in Ukraine Saturday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who made the televised announcement with the pro-Western Saakashvili by his side in the Black Sea port city of Odessa, outlined the importance of the appointment to the security of Ukraine....
Russia Bars 89 EU Politicians From Entering The Country In Response To Crimea, Ukraine Sanctions
Moscow has released a blacklist of European Union politicians, who are no longer allowed to travel to Russia, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday. The Russian government’s move comes in response to EU sanctions over the country’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the Kremlin’s alleged involvement in the eastern...
Kremlin Denies Soldiers Captured In East Ukraine By Kiev Forces Are Russian
Just 24 hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin passed a law that made information relating to Russian military casualties sustained during peacetime operations secret, the Kremlin has denied that two Russian men captured by Ukrainian armed forces are members of the regular Russian army. …read more Source: International Business...
