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    On Front Lines in Ukraine, Rebels Are Upbeat and Eager to Advance
    Feb02

    On Front Lines in Ukraine, Rebels Are Upbeat and Eager to Advance

    Rebels feel they are within reach of surrounding a contingent of hundreds of Ukrainian troops dug into Debaltseve, a crucial rail hub. …read more Source: The New York...

    Obama Reconsidering Lethal Assistance to Ukraine
    Feb02

    Obama Reconsidering Lethal Assistance to Ukraine

    WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is reconsidering whether to send lethal assistance to Ukraine, a senior administration official said Monday, but continues to have concerns about the effectiveness of that step and the risks of a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia. The official said Obama is specifically concerned about the besieged Ukrainian...

    Pro-Kremlin Youth Group Answers Ukraine Student Antipropaganda Appeal
    Feb02

    Pro-Kremlin Youth Group Answers Ukraine Student Antipropaganda Appeal

    Ukrainian university students last week appealed on YouTube for Russian students to question Kremlin propaganda. Now they’ve received a response — a video lecture about their country from a pro-Kremlin youth group in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Obama weighs lethal military aid to embattled Ukraine
    Feb02

    Obama weighs lethal military aid to embattled Ukraine

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel asserted Monday that the war between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists “cannot be solved militarily” — a message delivered just as the Obama administration is said to be reconsidering its own ban on providing weaponry to Ukrainian military forces. Washington is currently supplying so-called...

    Savchenko’s Lawyer Says Jailed Ukrainian Pilot Remains ‘Resolute’
    Feb02

    Savchenko’s Lawyer Says Jailed Ukrainian Pilot Remains ‘Resolute’

    A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko says the captured Ukrainian air force pilot remains “resolute” after 50 days on a hunger strike in a Russian prison. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine
    Feb02

    Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine

    President Barack Obama is reconsidering whether to send lethal assistance to Ukraine, but continues to have concerns.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    AP: Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine
    Feb02

    AP: Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine

    But official says Obama is concerned about the besieged military’s capacity for using high-powered, American-supplied weaponry …read more Source:...

    Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine
    Feb02

    Obama reconsidering lethal assistance to Ukraine

    WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is reconsidering whether to send lethal assistance to Ukraine, a senior administration official said Monday, but continues to have concerns about the effectiveness of that step and the risks of a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia. The official said Obama is specifically … …read more...

    Dutch team recovers human remains from village near MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine
    Feb02

    Dutch team recovers human remains from village near MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine

    The Dutch defense ministry says a team of experts has recovered a small amount of human remains from a village near the site where a Malaysia Airlines jet was downed last July in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. …read more Source: FOX...

    Explainer: As Ukraine Conflict Intensifies, So Does Debate On Providing Lethal Military Aid
    Feb02

    Explainer: As Ukraine Conflict Intensifies, So Does Debate On Providing Lethal Military Aid

    The perception in the West that the five-month-old Minsk cease-fire agreement has failed to contain the Ukraine crisis and that Moscow has increased its military aid to separatists in eastern Ukraine has intensified the debate in Washington about providing lethal military aid to Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...