Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Security Official Warns Pro-Russian Dissidents To ‘Shut Their Mouths’ After Opposition Murders
A top Ukraine security official spoke Tuesday about the dangers government critics face in the country after the recent murders of three opposition figures. Pro-Russian journalists Oles Buzina and Serhiy Sukhobov and former politician Oleh Kalashnikov were all killed last week by unknown assailants. …read more Source: International Business...
Vladimir Putin Raises Concerns Over Israel’s Plans To Give Weapons To Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin raised concerns Saturday about Israeli plans to give lethal aid to Ukraine. In an appearance on a Russian TV show, he contended giving the Ukrainian military weapons to fight pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine will increase the death toll and further undermine the Minsk II agreement. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Rebel Leader Says Peace Accord Will Fail Unless Kiev Recognizes Breakaway State
A senior leader of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine has claimed in an interview that the fragile Minsk peace agreement will collapse unless Kiev recognizes a self-proclaimed rebel state. Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the president of the Donetsk People’s Republic, told the BBC: “Ukraine doesn’t want to resolve all the issues. … If that...
European Union Condemns Murders Of Pro-Russian Journalists, Politician In Ukraine
The European Union denounced Friday the murders of three public figures in Ukraine within the last week. Outspoken former politician Oleh Kalashnikov and journalists Oles Buzina and Serhiy Sukhobok, all of whom were known for their pro-Russian views, were each killed by unknown assailants. …read more Source: International Business...
Kharkiv Partisans: Pro-Russia Terror Group Threatening To Kill Ukrainians If Soviet Monuments Are Toppled
A pro-Russian group in Ukraine calling themselves the “Kharkiv Partisans” issued a threat this week to execute five Ukrainian citizens for every Soviet monument torn down as part of a recent law passed by the Ukrainian parliament that banned Soviet and Nazi imagery and ordered all related monuments to be liquidated, Newsweek reported Thursday....
US Paratroopers Arrive In Ukraine, Train National Guard Soldiers To Fight Pro-Russian Rebels
Around 290 U.S. paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine Friday ahead of exercises designed to train nearly 1,000 Ukrainian National guard soldiers to fight against pro-Russian rebels in the East Ukraine war. The soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade, who flew into Lviv airport in the west of Ukraine, will now spend the next eight weeks training three...
Crimea Nazi Victim Mass Grave Vandalized, Russian Jewish Leaders Call For Action
After mass graves of Nazi victims were dug up in Crimea, a Russian Jewish organization called on Crimean authorities to take action, even as preservation officials hinted there was little they could do without a renewed police presence at the site. After digging four holes each nearly two meters deep, vandals left remnants of human bones and...
Russia Says US Paratroopers Training Ukraine Army Will ‘Destabilize’ The Situation
The Kremlin said on Friday that the presence of U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine — who are there to train local forces — could “destabilize” the situation in the country. Three hundred U.S. paratroopers landed in Ukraine earlier this week for a six-month long training of Ukraine’s national guard forces, who have been fighting...
Pro-Russian Rebel Leader Threatens To Take Mariupol, Blames Ukrainians For Truce Breakdown
The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic threatened Thursday that pro-Russian rebels will take the port city of Mariupol if Ukrainian forces continue their “aggression” toward them. Oleksandr Zakharchenko’s comments, made on Russian TV, come as intense fighting in Donetsk, as well as Mariupol, threatens...
European Agency Denies Its Observers Gave Ukrainian Military Positions To Pro-Russian Rebels
Accused of giving away Ukrainian army positions to pro-Russian rebels, the agency tasked with monitoring the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine is denying the charge, saying its observers are impartial. Charges that the locations of Ukrainian units have been given to their foes have surfaced more than once since the Organization for Security and...
