Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
Joe Biden says U.S. still supports Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — The United States will not sacrifice Ukraine in pursuit of Russian cooperation in Syria, Vice President Joseph Biden assured Ukrainian leaders Monday, even as the Obama administration tries to manage complicated diplomacy with Moscow. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russia, Kiev trade war worsens as services cut
MOSCOW — Russia and Ukraine sank further into a widening trade war Wednesday, as Russia halted all gas deliveries to Ukraine and Ukraine banned Russian airlines from transiting over its airspace. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Sabotage blacks out Crimea, raising Russia-Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW — Crimean Tatar activists and Ukrainian nationalists on Monday prevented repair crews from restoring the main power lines in southern Ukraine that supply Crimea, leaving the disputed peninsula in the dark and Ukraine and Russia headed toward a standoff over the issue. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Narrowing rift, U.S. and Russia entertain cooperation in Syria
MOSCOW — In a striking shift, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are embarking on a tentative path toward closer ties and possible military cooperation, as the bitter rift over Ukraine gives way to common cause against the Islamic State group. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Report: Malaysia Airlines plane most likely hit by Russian-made missile
PARIS — A 15-month inquiry into the disintegration of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in the skies over eastern Ukraine has concluded that the aircraft was most likely attacked from the ground by a Russian-made missile, according to a person who was briefed today on a final report hours before it was to be made public by Dutch air accident...
World briefs: Dutch to say missile took down plane
AMSTERDAM — The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings today of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Obama criticizes Russia, Putin for ‘aggression’ during statement to U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama called on the world Monday to give priority to diplomacy and international law over the use of force to resolve conflicts and disputes, and he lambasted Russia for its “aggression” against Ukraine and its help in keeping embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Obama criticizes Russia, Putin for “aggression” during statement to U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama called on the world Monday to give priority to diplomacy and international law over the use of force to resolve conflicts and disputes, and he lambasted Russia for its “aggression” against Ukraine and its help in keeping embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine, Syria issues force Putin, Obama to meet
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has not met one-on-one with President Vladimir Putin for more than 15 months but agreed Thursday to sit down with the Russian leader in New York on Monday as part of a broader effort to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Grenade explodes outside Ukraine’s parliament during nationalist protest; 1 officer killed
KIEV, Ukraine — As lawmakers took up a measure to give greater powers to separatists in eastern Ukraine, nationalist protesters clashed with police outside parliament Monday, and the Interior Ministry said one officer was killed in a grenade blast and more than 100 were wounded. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
