Section: USA

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 12:07 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — As the minibus crammed with elderly evacuees idled at the gas station on the outskirts of town Tuesday, Olga Tarasenko, 65, broke down. For several weeks, Tarasenko was holed up in the basement of her apartment building 30 miles southeast in the city of Debaltseve, hiding from near-constant shelling that has turned the area...

Ex-NATO chief warns Putin could attack Baltics as Ukraine, rebels reach humanitarian deal

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 11:53 (EEST) Section: FOX News (USA)

NATO’s former secretary-general has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin could engineer a Ukraine-style intervention in one of the Baltic republics as the leaders of France and Germany flew to Moscow to make a last-ditch bid for peace in eastern Europe. …read more Source: FOX...

Rebels, Ukrainian Forces Agree on Humanitarian Corridor

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 11:22 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

(DONETSK, Ukraine) — The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting. The move comes as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are set to leave for Moscow to talk with Russian President Vladimir...

Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:52 (EEST) Section: U.S. News (USA)

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting. …read more Source: U.S....

Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: WAVE 3 News (USA)

The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting. …read more Source: WAVE 3...

Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting. The move comes as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are set to leave for Moscow to talk with Russian President...

Both sides agree humanitarian truce around key Ukraine town

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Kiev officials and pro-Russian separatists said Friday they had agreed a brief humanitarian truce around the battleground east Ukrainian town of Debaltseve so besieged civilians can leave.”They have agreed a truce for Friday in the area around Debaltseve for the evacuation of the civilian population,”...

Russia’s happiness more than doubled in 2014 despite the country’s war and economic crisis

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

An amazing poll by Gallup and Romir, a Russian research company, suggests that Russians were more than twice as happy at the end of 2014 than they were in 2013, and at their happiest in at least three years. The WIN/Gallup poll is conducted in 65 countries worldwide. In Russia at the end of 2014, 59% of respondents said they felt happy, as...

Rebels, Ukrainian forces agree on humanitarian corridor

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The pro-Russia rebels in Ukraine say they have reached agreement with government forces on a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from the epicenter of fighting. …read more Source: San Francisco...

French, German leaders in Moscow for diplomatic push on Ukraine

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 10:37 (EEST) Section: USA TODAY (USA)

Last-minute trip for meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin follow Kiev talks. …read more Source: USA...