: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: USA

    Ukrainian Forces Clash With Rebels, West Presses Putin
    Jul11

    Ukrainian Forces Clash With Rebels, West Presses Putin

    Ukrainian forces have retaken a town in eastern Ukraine and clashed with separatists trying to capture the Donetsk airport. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Injured soldiers marry at Kiev’s military hospital
    Jul11

    Injured soldiers marry at Kiev’s military hospital

    Two injured soldiers marry their blushing brides at Kiev’s military hospital. Jillian Kitchener reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more Source: USA...

    Ukraine’s Gains Prove Costly for Towns Caught in Crossfire
    Jul11

    Ukraine’s Gains Prove Costly for Towns Caught in Crossfire

    As the military routs pro-Russia rebels from their strongholds in the east, local residents are reeling from artillery strikes that destroyed homes and killed at least a dozen people. …read more Source: The Wall Street...

    Russian Seizes Authority Over Ukraine Rebels
    Jul11

    Russian Seizes Authority Over Ukraine Rebels

    Once marked as a dead man, Igor Strelkov made his first public appearance in Donetsk in a move to assert authority over fractious separatist militias. …read more Source: The New York...

    Ukrainian troops repel militant attack on Donetsk airport, reports say
    Jul11

    Ukrainian troops repel militant attack on Donetsk airport, reports say

    Fighting broke out again late Thursday between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels around the international airport in Donetsk, Russian and Ukrainian media reported. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Amnesty: Abductions, Torture Rising In East Ukraine
    Jul11

    Amnesty: Abductions, Torture Rising In East Ukraine

    By RFE/RL Amnesty International says hundreds of people have been abducted in eastern Ukraine during the past three months — mostly by pro-Russian separatists — and most of the victims are being tortured. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Europe and Central Asia, said July 11 that “the bulk of...

    Ukraine Rebel Commander Says Will Not Pull Out of Donetsk
    Jul11

    Ukraine Rebel Commander Says Will Not Pull Out of Donetsk

    An enigmatic Russian leading separatist rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk made a rare appearance in public on Thursday to say he would not abandon the city though he defended his decision to pull out of the stronghold of Slaviansk. Igor Girkin, a Muscovite who has the nom de guerre of Igor Strelkov, has been criticized by some other...

    Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels
    Jul11

    Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels

    Rescue workers examine a building destroyed by shelling in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrai… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    Ukraine To Seek Council Of Europe Help Over Officer Held In Russia
    Jul10

    Ukraine To Seek Council Of Europe Help Over Officer Held In Russia

    Ukraine’s justice minister says Kyiv will appeal to the Council of Europe to help secure the release of a Ukrainian military officer held in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.S., China Talk Cyberhacking Amid New Allegations
    Jul10

    U.S., China Talk Cyberhacking Amid New Allegations

    BEIJING (AP) — Top American officials said Thursday they challenged their counterparts in China to rein in alleged cybersecurity infringements as a new allegation emerged of a brazen attempt by Chinese hackers to break into U.S. government personnel files. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the two powers had a frank exchange on the...