Section: Newsweek (USA)
‘Significant’ Portion of Russian Armored Column Destroyed in Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian artillery destroyed a “significant” part of a Russian armored column that crossed into Ukraine during the night, President Petro Poroshenko told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday, according to the presidential website. Separately, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Ukrainian forces had...
Russian Military Vehicles Enter Ukraine Overnight as ‘Aid’ Convoy Waits Near Border
Ukrainian officials on the Russian border have begun inspection of the 280-lorry convoy, which Russia claims is carrying humanitarian supplies from Moscow to the country’s eastern Luhansk province. However, the humanitarian convoy increasingly looked like a sideshow after journalists for UK papers the Guardian and Telegraph reported seeing...
Under Artillery Fire, Ukraine Rebels Switch Their Leaders
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed back by a Ukrainian military offensive. The resignations came on the same day that artillery shells landed for the first time since the...
Donetsk Shelled as Russian ‘Aid’ Convoy Heads Towards Ukraine
A convoy of trucks said by Russia to contain humanitarian aid supplies that has been denied entrance to Ukraine by Kiev is snaking back towards another Ukrainian border crossing as shelling is stepped up in the rebel-held Donetsk region, killing one person. It’s not clear whether Ukrainian government forces or pro-Russian rebels fired the...
Germany’s Economy Shrinks As Euro Zone Recovery Halts Amid Russia Sanctions
Germany’s economy shrank in the second quarter and France again failed to conjure up any growth, snuffing out any signs of a recovery in the euro zone which is now also weighed down by tit-for-tat sanctions with Russia. Europe’s largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent on the quarter, undercutting Bundesbank forecasts that it would...
Hints on the Border of Russia’s Role in Ukraine
VERKHNYAYA OREKHOVKA Russia (Reuters) – In Russia’s southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armored personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine’s war. The Kremlin has consistently denied...
Two Thirds of Russians Believe Putin Is Restoring Peace in Ukraine
63% of Russians believe President Vladimir Putin’s actions in contribute to the peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, according to the country’s oldest polling agency VTSIOM. 9% believe Putin’s policies on the Ukraine do not contribute to the escalation of the conflict, while 18% do not believe the Russian...
Tank Tracks and Training Camps Belie Russia’s Involvement in Eastern Ukraine
In Russia’s southwestern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, a military-style training camp, a broken down border fence and tracks consistent with armoured personnel carriers or tanks add to a body of evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine’s war. The Kremlin has consistently denied assertions by the West that it is arming, supporting...
Russian Humanitarian Aid Convoy Raises ‘Trojan Horse’ Suspicions En Route to Ukraine
A 280-truck Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid has left Moscow for eastern Ukraine amid fears it could be a cover for a stealth invasion. Russia says the 2,000 tonnes of aid is primarily intended for Luhansk, the rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine where government forces are closing in on rebels. American, French and Australian governments...
Russia and Cuba Get Back Into Bed With Each Other
It seemed like old times: In Havana in early July, Castro, the revolutionary leader of Cuba, embraced the current occupant of the Kremlin—once upon a time the isolated Communist island’s sugar daddy—together gleefully sticking a finger in the eye of their Cold War rival in Washington. In this case, the Castro was Raúl—the...
