Section: Miami Herald (USA)
Australia readies 90 police for Ukraine crash site
Australia is close to finalizing a deal with Ukraine to send police and a small number of troops to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a multinational team, the Australian prime minister said Friday. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine reports overnight rebel attacks on border
The Ukrainian army has reported rebel attacks overnight throughout the restive east, claiming that at one border crossing the rebels were supported by artillery fire from the Russian side. …read more Source: Miami...
U.S., Ukraine say Russian shipments of heavy war equipment to separatists grow
Three Ukrainian border guard brigades were said to be close to eating grass to survive, running out of ammunition and food, trapped on the eastern edge of their country between Russian separatists to their west and fire coming in from Russia to their east. …read more Source: Miami...
Dutch sending unarmed police to Ukraine crash site
The Dutch prime minister says he is sending 40 unarmed military police to eastern Ukraine as part of a ramped-up effort to find the last victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 still at the wreckage site. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukrainian prime minister announces resignation
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukraine accused of targeting civilians in east
War literally came to Alexander Litvinenko’s living room, when a missile punched a gaping hole into the wall of his ninth-floor apartment. The 53-year-old college philosophy teacher had just stepped into his study to check the news online, barely escaping death. …read more Source: Miami...
Poland cancels plans for cultural year with Russia
The Polish government has canceled plans for a year of cultural celebrations with Russia out of anger with Russian actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Ukrainian government moves to ban Communist Party
A court in Kiev is holding a hearing on the government’s request to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine. …read more Source: Miami...
Australia readies 50 police to send to Ukraine
Australia has sent 50 police to London in anticipation of deploying them to Ukraine to secure the Malaysian plane crash site as part of a potential U.N. team that’s under consideration, the Australian prime minister said Thursday. …read more Source: Miami...
As airliner dead are honored, Germany chides Russia for inaction
As about 1,000 relatives of the dead from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 gathered Wednesday to meet the first bodies returned to the Netherlands, European anger at Russia’s involvement in the months-long conflict in eastern Ukraine appeared to grow and the pro-Russian separatists in the region reportedly shot down two more military jets....
