Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
Pro-Russia forces call for cease-fire in Ukraine
Ukrainian troops surrounded pro-Russia separatists in their main stronghold of Donetsk on Saturday, prompting the new leader of the militants to appeal for a cease-fire to avert what he said was a looming humanitarian catastrophe. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russian leader of eastern Ukraine rebellion cedes fight to locals
The flagging pro-Russia rebellion in eastern Ukraine has a new leader fighting to keep control of the militants’ most important stronghold following the resignation of a Russian citizen who had directed the insurgency since it began more than four months ago. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
NATO aid to Ukraine likely to sharpen conflict with Russia
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Kiev on Thursday to offer help from the Western alliance to shore up Ukraine’s defenses as government forces close in on pro-Russia separatists in the embattled east of the country. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia’s food-import ban targeting the West takes shape
Russia has rolled out a sweeping embargo on food imports from the U.S., the European Union and some other Western countries in response to sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ex-leader’s estate embodies Ukraine’s past, present, hope for future
On a summer’s day in the park, children gripped Frisbees and ice cream cones as they tottered next to distracted parents. A wedding party simulated a conga line for a patient cameraman. A trio of twentysomething men sipped kvass, a favorite only-looks-like-beer beverage. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine fighting prompts Dutch to halt search for MH-17 remains
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte halted the search for victims’ remains and belongings at the eastern Ukraine site of the July 17 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crash, saying Wednesday that the intensifying clashes in the area made it too dangerous for the forensic investigators to work. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Russia bans U.S., European food and agricultural imports
The Kremlin has struck back at the United States and the European Union, banning imports of food and agricultural products from countries that imposed sanctions against Russia for its behavior in Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
As pro-Russia revolt founders in Ukraine, invasion fears rise
As Ukrainian government forces close in on pro-Russia separatists’ final strongholds, Western security strategists have sounded the alarm that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be preparing to invade eastern Ukraine to rescue the embattled insurgents. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Putin orders retaliatory measures against U.S., EU
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to prepare retaliatory measures against the latest round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union to coerce Russia to change its policies in Ukraine. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Rights group: Pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine break laws of war
Pro-Russia separatists fighting off a Ukrainian government offensive have commandeered ambulances to transport retreating gunmen, taken cover in hospitals and threatened medical staff treating their wounded, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
