Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
U.S., European Union target Russian energy sector with new sanctions
In a marked escalation of their sanctions campaign against Russia, the United States and the European Union hit the Kremlin on Friday with new penalties for its actions in Ukraine, targeting favored financial, energy and defense businesses. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine’s president says most Russian forces out of his country
Russia has withdrawn about 70% of the armed groups it sent into eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday, quoting his nation’s intelligence sources. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Villagers in Ukraine cope with horrors of downed plane and fighting
When bodies from doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 fell from the sky and landed in this southeastern Ukrainian village in July, Ivan Savin knew the disaster would bring more problems. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Dutch release probe findings on Malaysia jet crash in Ukraine
The Dutch team investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine says the crash was likely caused by the plane being hit by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft.” …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukrainian president warns fight against pro-Russia gunmen not over
Ukraine will never cede its strategic port of Mariupol to Russia, President Petro Poroshenko vowed Monday during a visit to the latest city in the gun sights of pro-Russia separatists. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Artillery, gunfire break 2-day truce in Ukraine
A two-day-old cease-fire between separatists and Ukrainian government troops was violated several times during the night Sunday near Mariupol as opposition forces bombarded Ukrainian positions with artillery and missile fire. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
NATO grapples with how hard to push back against Putin over Ukraine
For all of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s complaints in recent years about the West’s threat to Russian security, NATO had been paying little attention to its former Cold War foe. The conflict in Ukraine has changed all that. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Life returns somewhat to normal as truce takes hold in Ukrainian city
Children and parents rode ponies and fed pigeons in the park. A newlywed couple was showered with flower petals — the sixth wedding held Saturday, a registration official said. Life, it seemed, had returned to something like normal in this Ukrainian city on the second day of a cease-fire… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Outside Ukrainian city, fighting continues ahead of truce’s start
The Ukrainian captain sat on a fallen tree amid drifting smoke, clutching his bare head, as the wreckage of an artillery convoy destroyed by enemy fire smoldered nearby. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine signs cease-fire with pro-Russia rebels
The Ukrainian president declared a cease-fire Friday to end nearly five months of fighting in the nation’s east after his representatives said they reached a deal with the Russia-backed rebels at peace talks. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
