Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Crisis: Cease-Fire ‘In Name Only’ As Fighting Continues In Donetsk
Fighting continued this weekend around the pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire agreement reached Sept. 5 and a related memorandum of understanding signed Friday. Gunfire was heard Sunday, the same day a planned buffer zone was supposed to become established, Agence France-Presse reported....
Ukraine Crisis: Munitions Factory Hit In Eastern Ukraine Blast Despite New Buffer Zone Agreement
A man walks toward a Russian convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Saturday. Reuters/Marko Djurica …read more Source: International Business...
US, Canada, Intercept 6 Russian Planes, 2 Bombers Over Their Air Defense Identification Zone
Two U.S. Air Force jets intercepted six Russian planes near Alaska, while Canada’s air force intercepted two bombers that had almost reached its airspace, reports said, citing North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD. U.S. officials reportedly believe the incidents were connected to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s...
Kiev, Rebels Agree To Extra Measures To Ensure Ukraine Cease-Fire
(Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists and representatives from Kiev and Moscow agreed on Saturday on further measures to ensure a cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. Violations of a Sept. 5 cease-fire between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, whom Kiev says have been reinforced by Russian weapons and...
Ukrainian President Poroshenko Asks Congress For $46 Million, Meets with Obama Amid Ukraine Crisis
President Barack Obama is expected to announce Thursday a $46 million strategic aid package for Ukraine amid its battle with pro-Russian separatists, according to the Associated Press. The package will reportedly be announced during a meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who is in Washington to plead for help and draw further...
BBC Journalists Attacked In Russia While Investigating Reports Of Russian Soldiers Dying In Ukraine
The BBC has lodged a protest with Russian authorities after journalists were beaten in a “coordinated attack” while working on a story in southern Russia. Journalists including the BBC’s Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg, were investigating reports of Russian servicemen being killed near the border with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian President Expected To Make A Case For Further Aid During US Vist
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is expected to press for further military and economic assistance during his visit to the United States, where he is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama on Thursday and address a joint session of Congress on Friday, according to media reports. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainian Parliament Member Tossed In Trash Bin By Angry Protesters [VIDEO]
A Ukrainian member of the Verkhovna Rada, or Parliament, was thrown into a garbage bin Tuesday by angry protesters upset about his connections to former President Viktor Yanukovych. Vitaliy Zhuravskiy is a deputy in the Rada and a member of Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. The Rada approved a bill Tuesday that would throw out all of...
Ukraine Passes Law Granting Rebels Limited Self Rule, Ratifies EU Association Agreement
Update as of 6:01 a.m. EDT: Ukraine’s parliament passed a law Tuesday offering special status to regions in the control of pro-Russia rebels, in an effort to establish peace in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported. The law had been criticized by some of the country’s leaders who said that President Petro Poroshenko was handing...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Presents Agreement In Parliament, Offering Rebels Limited Self Rule
Ukraine and the European Union are preparing to offer a limited three-year control of rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine to pro-Russia separatists, amid continuing clashes. On Monday, authorities in Donetsk said six people were killed and 15 injured in fresh clashes between government-led forces and rebels. …read more Source: International...
