Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Russia blames NATO for Ukraine abandoning nonaligned status
Top Russian security officials Wednesday accused NATO of pressuring Ukraine to drop its post-Soviet nonaligned status and warned that Moscow’s relations with the Western alliance would be damaged beyond repair if it extends membership to the longtime Kremlin ally. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukrainian lawmakers vote to end nation’s nonaligned status
The Ukrainian parliament voted Tuesday to end the nation’s nonaligned status in the face of Russian aggression, angering Moscow and potentially opening the way to NATO membership in years to come. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
European leaders warn against too much economic pain on Russia
The European Union’s unanimous resolve to punish Russia for its aggression in Ukraine appeared to be cracking as French, German, Austrian and Italian leaders voiced concern at an alliance summit of inflicting too much pain on Moscow as its economy tumbles. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia says it has a right to put nuclear weapons in Crimea
Russia has the right to deploy nuclear weapons in the Crimean peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in March, a top Russian official said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Seven recent blasts in Ukraine city stir fear of new Russian menace
At least seven bomb blasts in little more than a month in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, have stirred fears among residents and the government in Kiev that Russia-backed rebels are trying to destabilize the militarily strategic region. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Dutch, Ukrainian governments sued over Malaysia jet shoot-down
Lawsuits filed by relatives of some of the 298 people killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over embattled Ukraine are challenging the Dutch government investigation of the disaster and the Ukrainian government’s failure to close its airspace. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
In Ukraine, citizens feeling war’s toll on economy
Galina Artemyuk doesn’t bother with gloves even though the mercury never rises above freezing this time of year and her wind-chapped hands are as red as boiled lobsters. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Putin insists Crimea is historically part of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea last March and implied that the “strategically important” peninsula will remain part of Russia “from now and forever.” …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine says nuclear transformer damage poses no danger
Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday that a damaged transformer at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, an industrial center, cut electrical power production for several days but did not pose any danger. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine, separatists sign new truce to replace failed Sept. 5 accord
After more than 1,000 combat-related deaths in eastern Ukraine since a cease-fire was declared three months ago, government forces and pro-Russia separatists have signed a new truce to take effect Friday and require withdrawal of all heavy weaponry, international monitors reported Tuesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
