Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
World Briefs: Latest clashes in Ukraine kill hundreds
GENEVA — The United Nations said Monday that a sharp escalation in recent fighting in eastern Ukraine had left more than 800 people dead and more than 3,400 wounded, with hundreds missing and many buried without their deaths being recorded. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Tens of thousands show their anger at Putin
MOSCOW — Russian opposition supporters in Moscow blamed President Vladimir Putin for sowing hatred and causing the war in Ukraine, as they turned up to protest the murder of liberal politician Boris Nemtsov. But sadness and pragmatism prevailed over their outrage, and few of them appeared to be ready for radical action. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, rebels start pulling back heavy weapons in country’s east
KIEV, Ukraine — Warring parties in Ukraine took a major stride toward quelling unrest in the country’s east Thursday with the declared start of a supervised withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
NATO commander offers bleak outlook for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The fighting in eastern Ukraine is “getting worse every day,” and Western efforts to deter Russian intervention are having little effect, NATO’s top military commander said Wednesday. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Rebels in Ukraine say they’ve started pulling back weaponry from front lines
DONETSK, Ukraine — The main Russian-backed rebel organization in eastern Ukraine said it would begin moving heavy weaponry away from the front lines Sunday, but the government said the group mounted a tank assault on a village near the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Kerry raises prospect of more sanctions against Russia
LONDON — Nearly one week after a cease-fire was supposed to have gone into effect in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry met with his British counterpart to discuss the imposition of additional sanctions because of what he called Russia’s “brazen” violations of the agreement. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukrainian soldiers retreat in chaos
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — As violence continued to plague eastern Ukraine on Thursday, demoralized Ukrainian soldiers straggled into the town of Artemivsk, griping about incompetent leadership and recounting desperate conditions and gruesome killing as they beat a haphazard retreat from the strategic town of Debaltseve. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president calls for international peacekeeping mission
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called Wednesday for an international peacekeeping mission in his nation’s war-torn east, a stark admission that his nation can no longer fend off pro-Russian rebels after a major battlefield defeat. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine concedes it is losing control of strategic rail hub to pro-Russian rebels
SVITLODARSK, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military admitted Tuesday that it no longer had full control over the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve, as rebel leaders claimed to have seized broad swaths of ground in street-by-street combat, including the train station. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday, and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
