Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Ukraine, pro-Russia fighters trade blame over aid worker’s death
Fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia gunmen raged around Donetsk’s international airport Friday, a day after the artillery battle spilled into the nearby city and killed a Swiss aid worker with the International Committee of the Red Cross. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine cease-fire unraveling; 11 killed at schoolyard and bus stop
At least 11 adults were killed in Ukraine on Wednesday when artillery shells struck a schoolyard and bus stop in suburban Donetsk on the belated first day of school for the city at the center of a pro-Russia rebellion against rule from Kiev, Russian and Ukrainian news agencies reported. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine cease-fire pressured by pro-Russia attacks, weapons buildup
Pro-Russia separatists attacked Ukrainian government forces with Grad rockets and artillery in two unsuccessful attempts to seize the idled Donetsk international airport, Ukrainian security officials said Tuesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Unrest, fatalities highlight shaky cease-fire in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine’s three-week-old cease-fire suffered its most flagrant violations over the past 24 hours when outbreaks of fighting and artillery exchanges killed at least 12 people, Ukrainian and pro-Russia separatist sources reported on Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
In Russia-held Crimea, some prosper, others fear for their future
Six months after Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula was annexed by Russia, some here say they have prospered while others express anger, uncertainty or fear. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Thousands march in Moscow to protest Russia’s Ukraine policies
Thousands of people marched peacefully through the streets of Moscow on Sunday to protest against the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the Kremlin’s support for pro-Russia separatists there. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine’s fight with Russia is ‘America’s war, too,’ Poroshenko says
Ukraine’s new president thanked the United States for showing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but warned that greater tests lie ahead, telling Congress that his nation’s fight against Russian aggression “is America’s war, too.” …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine lawmakers approve EU pact, autonomy and amnesty for rebels
Ukrainian lawmakers Tuesday endorsed an association agreement with the European Union, making a decisive turn in favor of closer relations with Western neighbors in spite of the 10-month-old conflict that possibility has ignited with Russia. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Shelling threatens Ukraine cease-fire, hits European mission convoy
Six civilians and an unknown number of fighters were killed in artillery barrages in violation of a 10-day-old cease-fire in Ukraine, spokesmen for both government and pro-Russia separatist forces said Monday in accusing each other of waging the attacks. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukrainian refugees on edge as they flood into Russia
Tatiana Poludnitsina fled her home in the eastern Ukrainian town of Luhansk in her robe and flip-flops after artillery shells hit it in mid-August. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
