Section: International Business Times (USA)
East Ukraine Casualties Increase As Ukrainian Army Mobilizes More Troops
The Ukrainian military has completed the first phase of mobilizing 60,000 troops to fight in the East Ukraine war, in a fourth wave of mobilizations since hostilities with pro-Russian rebels began 11 months ago. The military is expected to add more than 200,000 people by the end of the year, according to Viktoria Kushnir, the press secretary for...
Boris Nemtsov Funeral: Thousands Of Russians Pay Their Respects To Slain Opposition Leader [PHOTOS]
Thousands of Russians paid their respects Tuesday to slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov at a memorial service for the former deputy prime minister who was murdered Friday by yet unidentified attackers. His murder is strongly suspected to be because of his years of government criticism and opposition to Russian action in Ukraine. …read...
Ukraine Natural Gas Deal: Russia Violates Agreement, Says Ukraine’s Naftogaz
Ukraine’s natural gas and oil firm Naftogaz accused Russia’s Gazprom Monday of failing to uphold an agreement signed last year to supply Ukraine with gas over the winter months ahead of a planned meeting between the countries’ energy ministers in Brussels to work out a compromise over deliveries. Last week, Gazprom threatened to...
Ukraine Gas Deal: Russia Violates Agreement, Says Naftogaz
Ukraine’s gas and oil firm Naftogaz accused Russia’s Gazprom Monday of failing to uphold an agreement signed last year to supply Ukraine with gas over the winter months ahead of a planned meeting between the countries’ energy ministers in Brussels to work out a compromise over deliveries. Last week, Gazprom threatened to cut off...
Boris Nemtsov Killing: Mother Of Slain Leader’s Girlfriend Says Daughter Was ‘Set Up’
The mother of Anna Duritskaya, the Ukrainian girlfriend of murdered Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, is worried that her daughter was “set up” in the opposition leader’s killing. Inna Duritskaya said that she has lost touch with her daughter, who is currently under armed guard in Moscow. …read more Source: International Business...
Kerry And Lavrov Meet To Discuss Ukraine, Nemtsov; UN Says 6,000 People Have Died In Conflict So Far
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Geneva, on Monday, to discuss various issues ranging from Iran’s nuclear program to Friday’s murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov to the fragile ceasefire in Ukraine, according to reports. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Military Says Rebels Using Truce To Regroup
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Sunday a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist territories overnight, but warned that pro-Russian rebels were using the truce to regroup for new attacks on government positions. A drop in violence and moves by both sides to withdraw heavy weapons from the front line had raised...
In Moscow, Opposition Leaders Prepare For Nemtsov Rally: “The Country Changed Yesterday Night”
MOSCOW — The blatant murder of Russian political opposition leader Boris Nemtsov next to Red Square on Friday night is rattling president Vladimir Putin’s opponents, at a time when an once-robust protest movement is on the wane amid a wave of nationalism provoked by Russian involvement in the war in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russian Opposition Mourns Murdered Leader Nemtsov
(Reuters) – Thousands of stunned Russians laid flowers and lit candles on Saturday on the bridge where opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead near the Kremlin, a murder that showed the risks of speaking out against President Vladimir Putin. Nemtsov, 55, was shot four times in the back by assailants in a white car as he walked...
Ukrainian Journalist Killed As A Result Of Shelling In East: Ukraine Military
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Saturday a Ukrainian journalist had been killed as a result of shelling in east Ukraine despite a ceasefire deal. “We don’t know all the details, but there was shelling in Pesky today,” spokesman Andriy Lysenko said by telephone, saying the unnamed journalist had been taken to a...
