Section: KXAN (USA)
Poland ready to sell weapons to Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it’s ready to sell weapons to neighboring Ukraine, as the U.S. weighs whether to offer Kiev armaments in support of its struggle against pro-Russia rebels. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said Tuesday that Poland was ready to sell armaments to Ukraine in a commercial deal. He didn’t...
AP PHOTOS: Top pictures from Europe and Africa
LONDON (AP) — The aftershocks of Greece’s national election reverberated worldwide last week, as markets and creditors grappled with a new Greek government that insists the country’s bailout deal must be overhauled. Survivors, family members and officials attended a remembrance ceremony at the Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland....
NATO’s leader to meet Russia’s foreign minister for 1st time
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with Russia’s foreign minister for the first time — an encounter that comes as relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to their lowest point since the end of the Cold War. NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said Tuesday that Stoltenberg and Sergey Lavrov, the...
5 killed in artillery fire as Ukraine fighting continues
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine say at least 5 people have been killed and 13 injured by artillery fire in the past day. The city hall said in a statement early on Tuesday that artillery fire has damaged homes in four districts of the city. Hostilities between pro-Russian separatists and...
Merkel: Germany won’t give weapons to Ukraine, favors talks
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Germany will not provide weapons to Ukraine and supports negotiations and a diplomatic solution to the conflict between the government in Kiev and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday. “It is my firm belief that this conflict cannot be solved militarily,” Merkel said after...
5 Ukrainian soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 29 wounded in the past day in eastern Ukraine as fighting rages around a strategic railway hub. Defense Ministry Spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told The Associated Press Monday that fighting remains most intense around Ukraine-held Debaltseve, which is now almost...
Ukraine: 13 troops killed in fight with Russia-backed rebels
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-backed separatists kept up their assault Sunday on a railway hub in eastern Ukraine, the fiercest battle in fighting that the government said has killed 13 of its troops and wounded 20 others over the last day. The separatists attacked several villages around the town of Debaltseve, a rail link between the two rebel...
Greek leader tamps down rhetoric, vows to pay off debts
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A day after Greece appeared on a collision course with its creditors, new radical left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has tamped down the rhetoric by vowing to pay off debts and not act unilaterally. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who had a tense meeting with Eurogroup leader Jeroen Dijsselbloem in Athens on Friday, has...
Civilians flee east Ukraine town as fighting intensifies
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — Outgoing heavy-caliber fire boomed incessantly, shaking the ground and rattling windows around the besieged town. Residents of Debaltseve, seemingly inured to the racket, listened impassively as they mustered at the town hall on Saturday to be evacuated with as many belongings as they could carry. The government-held...
UN urged to protect girls and women from rape in conflict
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Somali woman who runs an organization helping victims of sexual violence urged the Security Council on Friday to step up action to prevent U.N. peacekeepers and staff deployed to conflict zones from becoming “violent perpetrators” themselves. Ilwad Elman, speaking on behalf of many non-governmental organizations promoting...
