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    Civilian woes deepen as battle surges on Ukraine front line
    Feb04

    Civilian woes deepen as battle surges on Ukraine front line

    DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — The morning silence is an uneasy prelude to the artillery fire that inevitably follows. Sealed off from the world by war, some inhabitants hesitantly approach visitors for news. There’s no time for anything more than a few words, as soldiers bark instructions at exhausted people boarding evacuation buses...

    Collapsing economy is second front in Ukraine’s war
    Feb04

    Collapsing economy is second front in Ukraine’s war

    Secretary of State Kerry will discuss the fighting and the economy in Ukraine Thursday …read more Source: USA...

    Poland to hold presidential elections in May
    Feb04

    Poland to hold presidential elections in May

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will hold presidential elections on May 10, around the time of planned World War II remembrance observances that have aggravated a historic dispute between Poland and Russia. Parliamentary Speaker Radoslaw Sikorski, who announced the election date on Wednesday, dismissed concerns that it’s too close to the...

    Hospital shelled in east Ukraine as calls mount for truce
    Feb04

    Hospital shelled in east Ukraine as calls mount for truce

    Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Four people were killed Wednesday when a hospital in east Ukraine was shelled ahead of a visit to Kiev by US Secretary of State John Kerry that will see the possibility of weapons being supplied high on the agenda.The latest deaths came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence which...

    New project to help olim begin conversion process before aliyah
    Feb04

    New project to help olim begin conversion process before aliyah

    (JTA) — Several Israeli institutions are launching a project to ease the aliyah process for prospective immigrants from Ukraine and Russia before they depart for Israel. The project, announced on Wednesday by the Harry O. Triguboff Israel Institute of Conversion Policy, aims to assist Jews who immigrate to Israel under its Law of Return to...

    U.S. Says Savchenko’s Life ‘Hangs In The Balance,’ Calls For Her Release
    Feb04

    U.S. Says Savchenko’s Life ‘Hangs In The Balance,’ Calls For Her Release

    U.S. State Department spokesman Jen Psaki says the life of Ukrainian Air Force officer Nadia Savchenko “hangs in the balance” after 54 days on a hunger strike in a Russian prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    US tilts toward arming Ukraine
    Feb04

    US tilts toward arming Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is tilting toward sending arms to Ukraine to help it fight Russian-backed rebels as three Cabinet-level officials head to Europe for consultations with Ukrainian officials and NATO allies in Brussels, Kiev and Munich. The remarks were the latest in a series of signals this week that the White House may...

    Cluster bombs reported in Ukraine conflict as U.S. rethinks lethal aid
    Feb04

    Cluster bombs reported in Ukraine conflict as U.S. rethinks lethal aid

    European security officials appealed to the warring parties in Ukraine on Wednesday to hold their fire for three days so that thousands of civilians can be evacuated from a battleground where hundreds have died in recent days, including in reported cluster-bomb attacks. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    US tilts toward arming Ukraine as officials head to Europe
    Feb04

    US tilts toward arming Ukraine as officials head to Europe

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is tilting toward sending arms to Ukraine to help it fight Russian-backed rebels as three Cabinet-level officials head to Europe for consultations with Ukrainian officials and NATO allies…. …read more Source: Associated...

    Kremlin pursues military modernization despite economic woes
    Feb04

    Kremlin pursues military modernization despite economic woes

    MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of new Russian aircraft, tanks and missiles are rolling off assembly lines. Russian jets roar through European skies under NATO’s wary eye. Tens of thousands of troops take part in war games showing off the military’s readiness for all-out war. The muscle flexing suggests that Russia’s economic woes so far...