Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
Ukraine Takes Step Toward Joining NATO
MOSCOW — With a Russian-backed separatist insurgency still gripping eastern Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament voted Tuesday to take steps toward joining NATO. It was a pointed rebuke to Russia that immediately drew an angry response. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World briefs: Ukraine peace talks scheduled
KIEV, Ukraine — Peace talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Ukraine will resume, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said after a phone conversation with the leaders of Russia, Germany and France. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine strives to preserve fragile truce
KIEV, Ukraine — A fragile truce is holding in Ukraine after what President Petro Poroshenko called its first full day of peace since May. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Renewed violence shudders fragile Ukraine truce
KIEV, Ukraine — Separatists killed three Ukrainian soldiers Thursday, jolting a 2-day-old truce, as the country’s prime minister called for an international donor conference to avoid a possible “default.” …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine truce bid in jeopardy
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s military accused separatists of violating an agreed “Day of Silence” in the country’s embattled east on Tuesday, an initiative that was seen as an attempt to forge a durable ceasefire paving the way to a new round of peace talks. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Putin drops South Stream gas pipeline to EU, courts Turkey
ANKARA — Russia on Monday scrapped the South Stream pipeline project to supply natural gas to southern Europe without crossing Ukraine, citing European Union objections, and instead named Turkey as its preferred partner for an alternative pipeline, with a promise of hefty discounts. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine premier warns of war with Russia before winning confirmation vote
KIEV, Ukraine — Arseniy Yatsenyuk received lawmakers’ approval to remain Ukraine’s premier, clearing an obstacle for aid talks with the International Monetary Fund as the country grapples with a separatist insurgency in the east. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Putin leaves summit early after tough reception ove Ukraine
MOSCOW — Citing a long flight home and the need to catch a few hours of sleep, Russian President Vladimir Putin departed the Group of 20 summit in Australia early Sunday, after fielding a barrage of criticism from Western leaders over Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Putin berates U.S. over sanctions before G20 meeting
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accused the United States today of undermining the very trade institutions it created by imposing sanctions on Russia, a “mistake” he hoped would be overcome in the “final count.“ …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico
MOSCOW — Russia’s long-range bombers will conduct regular patrol missions from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
