Section: International Business Times (USA)
MH17 Update: Ukraine Crash Site Search Suspended As Fighting Escalates
The Netherlands prime minister has temporarily suspended search efforts at the site where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down as fighting between pro-Russian rebels and Ukraine forces picked up speed. Some 228 coffins carrying the remains of an unknown number of passengers have been returned to the Netherlands, but investigators continue to...
Ukraine Crisis: Violence Erupts At Maidan, Over Five Months After Yanukovych Fled
Kievans are having flashbacks to the Euromaidan protests earlier this year, as stragglers at ground zero of the Ukrainian revolution fought off police efforts to finally clear out Independence Square for good Thursday. Some are calling them the “AlcoHundred,” a sarcastic term and portmanteau of “hundred,” which is a term...
Russia Sanctions: Russians Mourn Coca-Cola, Cheese, Fruit And Other Banned Foods
No more Coca-Cola. No more parmeasan. No more spaghetti. Russians are mourning their favorite imported food products after President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday one-year bans and limits on food and agricultiral imports from the European Union and the United States, which have recently imposed their own sanctions on Russia over the ongoing...
Ukraine Crisis: 1 Killed At Donetsk Dental College In Attack Meant For Rebel Headquarters
A Ukrainian military strike intended to hit the headquarters of pro-Russia separatists Thursday instead hit a dental college, killing one patient. The attack was the second unsuccessful attempt at blowing up the rebel headquarters in Donetsk. The strike inflicted massive damage on the dental college in Donetsk, including the college’s...
NATO Says Russia Has Amassed Around 20,000 Troops On Ukraine’s Eastern Border
(Reuters) – Russia has amassed around 20,000 troops on Ukraine’s eastern border and could use the excuse of an humanitarian or peacekeeping mission to send them into Ukraine, NATO said in a statement on Wednesday. …read more Source: International Business...
Russia To Hold War Games In Show Of Strength Near Ukraine
(Reuters) – Russia announced military exercises near the border with Ukraine on Monday in a show of strength as the Ukrainian army recaptured more territory from pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country. The Russian air force said more than 100 aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, were taking part in the maneuvers this...
Ukraine Crisis: Ukrainian Soldiers Cross Border Into Russia, But Moscow And Kiev Give 2 Different Reasons For Move
Ukrainian soldiers crossed into Russian territory Sunday, but Kiev said Monday they were forced there after running out of ammunition. Moscow is offering another version: The soldiers deserted the Ukrainian army. Russia gave more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers safe passage into its territory overnight, and only 180 of them asked to be returned to...
MH17 Crash Site Investigation Thwarted By Gunfire, Mortar Rounds In Eastern Ukraine
Investigators trying to reach bodies from the MH17 crash site had their search held off Monday as gunfire and shelling were reported in the area of eastern Ukraine where pro-Russia separatists and government forces have been fighting. The team of mainly Dutch and Australian experts were waiting for European monitors to give the go-ahead to resume...
Russia To Hold All-Week Military Exercises Near Ukraine Border: Defense Ministry
Russia’s defense ministry has said that the country is performing military exercises that involve bombers and fighter jets near its border with Ukraine. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainian Army Steps Up Attacks On Rebel-Held Donetsk
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) — Pro-Russian separatists battled on Sunday to keep advancing Ukrainian government forces at bay in heavy fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, the rebels’ main stronghold in …read more Source: International Business...
