Section: Miami Herald (USA)
Merkel: Put new Russia sanctions into effect
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Wednesday for the European Union to put new sanctions against Russia into effect immediately because peace plans for eastern Ukraine have not yet been implemented fully. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine pledges more autonomy to rebellious east
Ukraine’s president has promised to introduce legislation in parliament as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to rebellious regions in the country’s pro-Russian east, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months. …read more Source: Miami...
Best evidence Russians are in Ukraine? How good separatist fighters are
The uneasy truce in southeastern Ukraine appears, mostly, to be holding, a development that the Russian government in Moscow is celebrating as a hopeful sign for a besieged region. …read more Source: Miami...
East Ukraine city hit by shells during cease-fire
The city council of Donetsk, a rebel-held stronghold in eastern Ukraine, says that regular shelling continued overnight despite a cease-fire in the region, injuring one woman. …read more Source: Miami...
Report: Flight 17 likely downed by outside impact
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: Miami...
AP Analysis: Putin pins his hopes to Ukraine truce
Ukraine’s last cease-fire collapsed quickly. This one may last — because it’s in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interests. …read more Source: Miami...
Canadian navy ship bussed by 3 Russian jets
A Canadian navy frigate taking part in a NATO exercise in the Black Sea was buzzed by three Russian military jets off the southern coast of Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
EU formally adopts new sanctions against Russia
The European Council on Monday formally adopted a package of further sanctions against Russia over its actions in eastern Ukraine, but is delaying the enforcement to assess the implementation of the cease-fire agreement first. …read more Source: Miami...
No body, no end to grieving for Flight 17 family
Seven weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was blown out of the sky above Ukraine, Bryce Fredriksz and Daisy Oehlers’ bedroom is still a mess. …read more Source: Miami...
Serbia caught in middle over Ukraine
Radivoje Miljanic, the owner of “Putin Cafe,” has no dilemma over the course Serbia should take over Ukraine: turn off the pro-Western path and forge a strong alliance with Slavic ally Russia. …read more Source: Miami...
