Section: Newsweek (USA)
Crisis in Ukraine Leads To A Spike In Domestic Violence
Increasing numbers of women in Ukraine are experiencing domestic violence, NGOs in the country are warning, highlighting that soldiers who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are partly responsible for the increase in abuse. The NGO La Strada Ukraine, which operates its own emergency hotline for victims of domestic violence,...
U.S. Says Russia Air Defense Systems Inside Ukraine
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of building up air defense systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian rebels in breach of a European-brokered truce. “This is the highest amount of Russian air defense equipment in eastern Ukraine since August,” State Department spokeswoman Marie...
U.S. Points to Russian Presence in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of building up air defense systems inside eastern Ukraine and of involvement in training exercises of pro-Russian separatists in the area in breach of a European-brokered cease-fire agreement. “This is the highest amount of Russian air defense equipment in eastern...
‘Many’ More Human Remains Found as Search Resumes at MH17 Crash Site in Ukraine
Search workers have returned to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Eastern Ukraine. The Dutch investigation team has uncovered “many” body parts and pieces of wreckage, according to a report by the AFP news wire service. “Many human remains have been found in the first few days of this mission,” Dutch justice...
Millions of Ukraine Children at Risk From New Epidemics
Ukraine is in imminent danger of experiencing the first polio epidemic Europe has seen for decades, health experts have revealed, warning that millions of children are at risk from a range of crippling or fatal infectious diseases, including measles, diphtheria and rubella. The rate of protection against contagious disease in the country has...
A Ukrainian National Guard Unit Trains to ‘Fight to the Death’
At its training camp on the outskirts of Kiev this past weekend, the Ukrainian National Guard Azov Regiment held its Spartan Test—a grueling three-hour rite of passage meant to test the mental and physical strength of both new recruits and battle-hardened veterans. The ordeal is the capstone to a two-week-long whirlwind military training program,...
U.S. Offers Additional $17.7 Million in Aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday about the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine and offered an additional $17.7 million in aid for essentials like food, shelter and water, the White Housesaid. Biden and Poroshenko discussed Ukraine’s reform efforts, the White...
Tongue-Tied on Ukraine’s Front Lines
Three years ago, well before the war in Ukraine began, Roman Matys was shopping at Tommy Hilfiger in downtown Lviv when a sales clerk offered him a customer loyalty card. As Matys read the registration form, he noticed it was in Russian. Like most people in Ukraine, he speaks the language, but the principle of the matter annoyed him. The country...
Poland Summons U.S. Ambassador After FBI Chief’s Holocaust Article
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has summoned the United States’s ambassador in Warsaw over an article written by a top U.S. intelligence official on Poland’s alleged responsibility for the Holocaust during World War II, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday. The article by FBI director James Comey, published in the Washington...
Hillary Clinton’s Big Benefactor Has Trade Links with Iran
Enemies of Hillary Clinton waiting to discredit her bid for the White House are likely to seize on news that one of the biggest benefactors to the Clinton Foundation has been trading with Iran and may be in breach of US sanctions imposed on the country. Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, 54, has courted the Clintons for at least nine years – in...
