Section: New York Daily News (USA)
Ukraine rocket attack leads to mass jail breakout
Local authorities say more than 100 prisoners have fled from a high-security facility after it was hit by shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Kiev forces closing in on key rebel city of Donetsk in Ukraine
Fighting raged in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk Sunday, as government forces continued to close in on the rebel stronghold and pro-Russian insurgents backed away from an unconditional ceasefire offer they announced the day before. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Steven Seagal plays concert in Crimea: report
The Russian news RIA Novosti says American actor and musician Steven Seagal has performed at a concert in the breakaway region of Crimea on a stage decorated with the flag of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine rebels want ceasefire
Ukrainian troops have surrounded the rebel-held city of Donetsk and the insurgents are willing to accept a ceasefire in order to stave off a humanitarian catastrophe, a top rebel leader announced Saturday. …read more Source: New York Daily...
World’s woes won’t stop Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation
Crises in Iraq, Gaza and Ukraine — and the certainty of attacks by conservative critics for golfing while the world burns — won’t stop President Obama from leaving Saturday for a two-week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukrainian activists clash with city workers in Kiev
Activists clashed with city workers and volunteer fighters in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Thursday after the workers tried to remove tents from the city’s central Independence Square. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Russia bans food imports from West
Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to empty shelves in Russian cities. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Hagel warns of potential Russian invasion of Ukraine
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday the threat of Moscow sending troops across its border into Ukraine was real and growing – his starkest warning yet about the possibility of a Russian invasion.. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Dutch UN Ambassador pleads for access to Malaysia Airlines crash site
THE Netherlands told the UN Security Council Monday that the focus of its investigation in the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the eastern Ukraine is the recovery of victims’ remains. …read more Source: New York Daily...
No bodies found in new Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 search
The head of a team of international investigators says more personal belongings of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster in eastern Ukraine have been found, but no human remains. …read more Source: New York Daily...
