Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
U.S., European allies promise new support for Ukraine
The U.S. and European allies are finalizing another round of sanctions against Russia and promising new security support for Ukraine in another effort to pressure Moscow to shift course after months of meddling in the separatist conflict across its border. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian troops now openly moving on port, Ukrainian commander says
Hopes for a rumored truce were shattered Thursday in the strategic eastern port of Mariupol as Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions near the city with heavy artillery and missile fire, a Ukrainian militia leader said. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine president, separatists predict cease-fire but with big ‘ifs’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and leaders of the pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine on Thursday professed readiness for a cease-fire on condition that the other side effectively surrender what it has been fighting for at the cost of thousands of lives. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
As NATO talks near, Merkel appears to be losing patience with Putin
As Russia has expanded its military footprint in neighboring Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has held repeated consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, so numerous that the German magazine Der Spiegel recently tried to count the phone calls between Berlin and Moscow since… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
In Estonia, Obama vows to defend Baltic states, invokes NATO policy
President Obama pledged Wednesday that the U.S. would go to war if necessary to protect former Soviet territories in the Baltic region from Russia and signaled new steps to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, sharply raising the stakes in the confrontation with Moscow over its… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Amid talk of truce, leader of small Ukrainian town fears an attack
If a cease-fire deal is near between Kiev and Moscow, it hasn’t calmed the nerves of Mykola Byshkov, the head of the regional administration for this strategically located town in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Obama expresses skepticism on Russia’s aims in Ukrainian conflict
President Obama expressed skepticism Wednesday about Russia’s aims in Ukraine after officials in Kiev announced that the two countries had agreed to a cease-fire, then backed off that claim. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine president says cease-fire deal reached
The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reached agreement on a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Kremlin denies Putin conquest vow as more troops spotted in Ukraine
Ukrainian security officials accused Russia of sending more troops and equipment into eastern Ukraine as controversy ensued Tuesday over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reported boast that he could conquer Kiev in two weeks if he wanted. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine port city near Russia fears it will become next battleground
With pro-Russia separatists once again gaining ground in the bloody conflict for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, a sense of panic has overcome this port city on the shores of the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
