Section: Newsweek (USA)
More Russian Soldiers Spotted in Ukraine After Captured Paratroopers
The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday that more Russian soldiers had crossed the border into eastern Ukraine, entering the small town of Amvrosiyivka in five armored infantry carriers and a truck. The report of a further cross-border incursion by Russian troops followed the capture by Ukrainian government forces of a group of Russian...
After Disasters, Stricken Malaysia Airlines Staff Brace for Job Cuts
As bodies from downed Flight MH17 were brought home last week, a group of Malaysia Airlines flight attendants, in black mourning headscarves contrasting with their pink and turquoise uniforms, sobbed and clung to each other in grief. The 19,500 staff of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) now face a new ordeal – a quarter of them may lose their jobs at...
Ukrainian Peace Talks Open as Russian Paratroops Captured
Fierce battles continued in eastern Ukraine today as the presidents of Russia and Ukraine met to discuss bringing about an end to the fighting between the Kiev government and the Russian backed separatist rebels that has killed more than 2,000 in the last four months. Just hours before Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko and Russia’s...
Mysterious Armored Column Appears in Eastern Ukraine, Starts Shooting
MOSCOW/ NOVOAZOVSK Ukraine (Reuters) – On Monday, a resident of Novoazovsk in south-eastern Ukraine said she saw a column of armored vehicles approach the town and start shooting. “It all started at 8:00 this morning, tanks appeared, no fewer than seven of them,” the woman, who gave her name only as Lyudmila, told Reuters by...
Ukraine Releases Video of Captured Russian Soldiers Ahead of Putin-Poroshenko Talks
Ukraine released a video of captured Russian soldiers on Tuesday, sharply escalating a dispute over Moscow’s alleged backing for separatist rebels in the east of the former Soviet republic. The footage was released only hours before the two countries’ presidents were due to meet for the first time since June to discuss the conflict,...
Ukraine Attacks Russian Armed Vehicles It Accuses of Invasion
The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of sending an armored column into its territory in an “incursion” on Monday, sparking renewed clashes between Ukrainian border guards and Russian troops. Unconfirmed reports from the Kiev government’s military information service said that “several dozen” Russian tanks and military vehicles...
Separatists Put Ukrainian Captives on Show in Rebel Stronghold
Pro-Russian separatists marched dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war through the eastern rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Sunday in a parade meant to counter Independence Day celebrations in Kiev. Some bandaged, some limping, the men were marched up one of Donetsk’s main streets and past the remains of Ukrainian armoured personnel carriers...
184 Russian Vehicles from Aid Convoy to Ukraine Return to Russia
A total of 184 vehicles from the Russian aid convoy which crossed into Ukraine on Friday without permission have returned to Russia, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. “According to our information as of 1 p.m. (1000 GMT), the departure from the territory of Ukraine by 184 Russian vehicles has been confirmed,” the spokesman, Andriy...
U.S., NATO Condemn For Russian Aid Convoy Entering Ukraine
World leaders have condemned Russian president Vladimir Putin after a convoy of trucks carrying what Russia calls “humanitarian aid” crossed the border into Ukraine without permission from Kiev or the Red Cross (ICRC). While the Ukrainian government in Kiev calls the move a “direct invasion,” Russian authorities said they couldn’t tolerate...
Malaysia Mourns as Bodies of MH17 Victims Finally Come Home
People across Malaysia held a minute’s silence and wore black on Friday as the Southeast Asian country observed a day of mourning to mark the return of the first 20 bodies among its citizens killed when a jetliner was downed last month. Malaysian Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 crashed after apparently being struck by a missile over war-torn...
