Section: Miami Herald (USA)
Shelling in eastern Ukraine, at least 1 dead
A building has been hit by rocket fire in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk, killing at least one person and adding to the growing number of civilian casualties in the region despite a nearly two-week-old cease-fire. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine, Scotland dent German investor optimism
A key survey of German investor optimism fell in September for the ninth month in a row as the crisis in Ukraine, economic stagnation in Europe and the upcoming independence referendum in Scotland weighed on sentiment. …read more Source: Miami...
3 killed, 5 wounded in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine
The city council in Donetsk says three people have been killed and five wounded in shelling overnight in the city in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine village hopes for chance to rebuild
The kindergarten building in this village in eastern Ukraine was once a source of pride. Renovated and brightly decorated with money provided by German donors, its classrooms were opening the doors of education to 120 pupils at a time. …read more Source: Miami...
Merkel: Russia must withdraw troops from Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine for a peace plan there to work. …read more Source: Miami...
OSCE team in east Ukraine comes near shelling
Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe say they were just 200 meters (650 feet) away from four shell-bursts in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has continued despite a cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: Miami...
Russia-annexed Crimea votes for legislature
Residents of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in March, are voting for their regional parliament in elections expected to be dominated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s backers. …read more Source: Miami...
Shells rock east Ukraine city despite cease-fire
Several residential neighborhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile cease-fire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine PM says country still in “state of war”
Ukraine’s prime minister says his country is “still in a state of war” with neighboring Russia despite a cease-fire between the government forces and Moscow-backed rebels in the east. …read more Source: Miami...
US tightens sanctions on Russia
Making good on promises to further isolate Russia from the global financial system because of its conflict with neighboring Ukraine, the Obama administration on Friday issued tough new sanctions on top state-owned Russian banks, energy firms and the defense sector. …read more Source: Miami...
