Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Russians seek to shift blame to West for Ukraine standoff
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with European leaders and his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday but little progress was made toward ending the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, with a Kremlin spokesman accusing Western officials of being “absolutely unwilling” to see the real cause… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Putin defiant in face of criticism over Ukraine at Asia-Europe summit
A defiant Russian President Vladimir Putin joined Asian and European leaders in Italy on Thursday for talks intended to focus on trade but, like many diplomatic gatherings of the past six months, was being dominated by the deadly crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine president names national guard chief as defense minister
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday named the fourth defense minister to the head of the nation’s beleaguered military in eight months and warned troops to expect to spend the winter on the front lines battling Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine to get its fourth defense minister so far this year
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans to replace the defense minister of his embattled country with the fourth person to hold the position this year, according to a statement posted on the presidential website on Sunday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
In Ukraine, Odessa’s bid to stay above fray is showing cracks
Ruslan Novikov paused when asked whether he sided with the Ukrainian nationalists or pro-Russia separatists in this country’s fraught debate over national identity. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia backing separatists’ rival elections in eastern Ukraine
Russian officials are throwing their support behind Ukrainian separatist rebels’ planned elections for their own parliaments after warnings from Ukrainian leaders in Kiev that no power in the world will recognize the proclaimed independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics.” …read more Source: Los...
A Ukrainian minibus driver’s surprise tour of war duty
The Ukrainian special forces sergeant jumped into the front seat of Alexander Kosenko’s white minibus with two Kalashnikovs slung over his shoulders, his vest stuffed with a dozen ammo clips, some hand grenades and a couple of machete-size daggers. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Passenger on downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had oxygen mask on
One of the Australian passengers aboard the doomed Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine in July appears to have donned an oxygen mask before the fatal crash, suggesting some on board might have been aware of their impending deaths, a Dutch official disclosed. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
U.N. reports hundreds more deaths during eastern Ukraine cease-fire
At least 331 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since a Sept. 5 cease-fire was supposed to quell the armed conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Pro-Russia separatists target key assets in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russia separatists and Ukrainian government forces have abandoned all pretense of adhering to a cease-fire agreed to a month ago as the rebels have stepped up their assault on the Donetsk airport in hopes of gaining control of eastern Ukraine’s most important transport hub. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
