Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)
U.S. decision to provide anti-tank missiles to Ukraine angers Russian leaders
President Trump’s long-delayed decision to provide Ukraine with defensive lethal weapons signaled a new willingness to oppose Russian intervention in its neighbor, but has made European allies nervous that a recent hike in fighting could escalate. The State Department said Friday that the administration… …read more Source: Los...
Trump urged to sell $50 million in lethal weapons to Ukraine
National security officials are urging President Trump to approve the sale of nearly $50 million worth of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, which has confronted what it sees as military aggression from Russia and pro-Russian separatists for years. It was unclear whether Trump, who has been reluctant to… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Bombing that wounded Ukrainian lawmaker and killed 2 stirs fears of assassination attempts
When a bomb exploded outside a television station in Kiev, the Ukraine capital, lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk of the nationalist opposition Radical Party was exiting after an interview. Mosiychuk was wounded, and his bodyguard and a pedestrian were killed, police said Thursday. Four others were wounded…. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Mattis vows support for Ukraine but stops short of promising weapons
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis condemned Russia’s attempts to “redraw international borders by force” and pledged support for Ukraine on Thursday but stopped short of promising U.S. weapons for Ukraine’s fight against pro-Russia separatists. Mattis is the first Pentagon chief in a decade to… …read more Source: Los...
Ukraine strips Saakashvili of his citizenship, leaving the hero of the Rose Revolution without a country
There was a time when Mikheil Saakashvili was seen as the West’s great hope for reform in the former Soviet Union. But since Thursday, he has had a more pressing problem: He is a man without a country. He was in New York when he learned that Ukraine, his adoptive home, had stripped him of his citizenship…. …read more Source: Los...
Ukraine’s separatists propose a new country: Little Russia. Kremlin denies any involvement
The Russian government said it was taken by surprise Tuesday when the rebel leader of a breakaway region of eastern Ukraine proposed the creation of a new nation state called Malorossiya, or Little Russia. The head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, told reporters… …read more Source: Los...
Attacker stabs six tourists — two fatally — at beach resort in Cairo
Two Ukrainian tourists were killed and four wounded by a knife-wielding attacker at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said Friday. A man has been arrested and was being questioned in connection with the attack, the ministry said in a statement. The tourists were rushed to a… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Cyberattack causes disruptions in Europe; Ukraine reports serious intrusions
A massive, international cyberattack using malicious data-scrambling software started in Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon before apparently reaching Russia’s top oil producer and quickly making its way across Europe. In Kiev, the Ukrainian government reported disruptions, including in the country’s… …read more Source: Los...
Putin visits France in hopes of mending strained ties
In talks Monday at the royal palace of Versailles outside Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a variety of contentious issues, including the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and accusations of Russian interference in the recent French elections. … …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Ukraine blocks popular Russian-owned social media sites, saying it’s a matter of national security
Ukraine’s new blocking of popular, Russian-owned social media sites has been met with opposition by human rights groups who consider the move to restrict access to information more in line with authoritarianism than democracy. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, compared the… …read more Source: Los Angeles...
