Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine Crisis: Are Nazis And Nationalists Popular in Ukraine?
Every few weeks, photos and video of ultranationalists displaying Neo-Nazi symbols surface out of Ukraine, showing the world a troubling faction amongst pro-government elements in the ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainians In Mariupol Prepare For War As Poroshenko Says Cease-Fire Is Breached
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — As the cease-fire reached Friday in eastern Ukraine shows signs of crumbling across the region, people in Mariupol, a port city on the Black Sea under assault by pro-Russian separatists, are preparing for a war that many here say is coming despite an air of normalcy. …read more Source: International Business...
Nazis In Ukraine? German TV Shows Ukrainian Soldiers Displaying Nazi Symbols
A German television station showed video of Ukrainian volunteer soldiers with Nazi symbols on their helmets Monday night. One soldier was seen with a Nazi swastika on his helmet and another had the distinct lightning bolt-like runic symbol of Nazi Germany’s SS division, by many accounts the most brutal organization in Hitler’s...
Donetsk Sees Shelling Despite Cease-Fire While EU Delays Implementing Sanctions Against Russia
Four Ukrainian troops have been killed and 29 more have been injured in shelling that continued in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, despite the ongoing cease-fire agreed upon by Ukraine and pro-Moscow rebels, Associated Press reported Tuesday. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine Crisis: Death Toll Above 3,000 As Sporadic Shelling Threatens Cease-Fire
More than 3,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian government, a senior United Nations human rights official said Monday. That count includes the 298 passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down over rebel-held territory on July 17. …read more Source:...
Russia’s Medvedev Warns EU Against New Sanctions, Airspace Ban, As Ukrainian Cease-Fire Holds
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview to the Russian daily Vedomosti, said that Russia will respond “asymmetrically” if the European Union, or EU, decides to impose further sanctions on the country. …read more Source: International Business...
Pro-Moscow Rebels Say Ukraine Breaks Cease-Fire Deal While They Still Demand Secession
Pro-Russian rebels said Saturday that Ukraine’s government forces have broken a cease-fire agreement and launched several missiles into the eastern region of Donetsk. The self-proclaimed leaders from Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR, also said that the cease-fire deal had elements which were not acceptable to the rebels. …read...
Ukraine Ceasefire with Pro-Russian Rebels Holds, For Now
No violence has been reported overnight after Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists struck a tentative ceasefire deal. Following the truce agreement which came into effect at 18:00 local time on Friday, 5 September, no fighting has been reported in the volatile eastern regions of Ukraine signalling that the truce has the potential to hold. However,...
Ukraine Crisis: Will NATO’s ‘Spearhead’ Force Change Putin’s Policies?
NATO’s newly announced “spearhead” force to be deployed in Eastern Europe has already accomplished part of its mission: getting the attention of Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation. …read more Source: International Business...
Obama Says US Ready To Pass More Sanctions On Russia’s Energy and Defense Sectors For Involvement In Ukraine
President Obama said on Friday that NATO members had agreed on a range of strategies to not only monitor the situation in Ukraine but to deal with the escalating threat posed by the Islamic State. Obama said he and the other heads of government at the NATO summit in Wales agreed that ISIS posed a threat to not only the governments of Iraq and...
