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US Flies F-22s to Romania as Show of Strength to Russia
The U.S. Air Force on Monday flew in two F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania as a show of strength to deter Russian intervention in Ukraine.The fighter jets landed at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, near the Black Sea port of Constanta in southeast Romania. A U.S…. …read more Source:...
3 People Killed in Eastern Ukraine amid Renewed Fighting
The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours.Oleksander Motuzyanik from the presidential administration told a briefing Sunday that what appears to be the worst death toll in months came after the troops… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s President Bans Russian Movies
Ukraine has banned all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.President Petro Poroshenko signed the bill on Wednesday which also bans all movies produced by Russian companies and Russian citizens after 1991 if they “glorify the work of… …read more Source:...
Obama-Putin Discuss Need to Implement Ukraine Peace Deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama have spoken by telephone, and the White House says they spent much of the call discussing Ukraine, with Obama urging Putin to abide by a 2015 agreement aimed at ending the conflict.The Kremlin readout of Monday’s… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Convicts 2 Captured Russian Servicemen of Terrorism
A Ukrainian court has convicted two Russian servicemen captured last year of terrorism and waging a war in eastern Ukraine.Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev have acknowledged being Russian servicemen and said they were on a reconnaissance mission. Russia’s Defense… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Recovers 4 Stolen Dutch Paintings
Ukrainian officials have announced the recovery of four paintings from a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago.At a Thursday briefing showing the four paintings, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said work will continue to… …read more Source:...
Ally of Ukraine’s President Elected New Prime Minister
The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament has been elected prime minister after a months-long political crisis.The parliament on Thursday voted 250-57 for Volodymyr Groysman, who was nominated by President Petro Poroshenko.The outgoing prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk,… …read more Source:...
Prosecutor Orders Suspension of Tatar Assembly in Crimea
The chief prosecutor of Crimea has ordered a suspension of the council representing the region’s Tatar ethnic minority.Tatars make up about 15 percent of the region’s nearly 2 million people and have been broadly opposed to Russia’s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Embattled Prime Minister Resigns
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister announced Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis.In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to… …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine Sees Increase in Fighting, 2 Deaths Reported
Ukraine has reported a sharp increase in attacks by Russia-backed separatists around the government-held town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, resulting in at least one civilian death.The rebels Saturday also reported increased shelling from government forces and the death… …read more Source:...
