Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
World Briefs: Ukrainian president sends more troops to the east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that additional troops are being deployed to the east, where fighting continues to rage between government forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels hold elections
MOSCOW — Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine voted for leaders Sunday, taking another step toward establishing an independent enclave and exacerbating tensions between Russia and the West. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Gas deal still eludes Ukraine and Russia at EU talks Ukraine, Russia try to strike a deal over gas
BRUSSELS — Ukraine and Russia bargained late into the night Wednesday, but European Union officials trying to broker a deal to resume gas supplies to Kiev as winter sets in said there was still no accord to announce. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Poland shifting troops eastward in reaction to crisis in Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland — Poland is planning a major realignment of its military structure because of the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said Monday, a move that could shift thousands of troops to its eastern border. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine talks eye coalition; Russia weighs aid to east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian parties that advocate closer European ties began talks on forging a coalition as Russia said it is considering requests for emergency aid to the two easternmost regions torn by a separatist rebellion. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Pro-Western parties seen leading Ukraine vote
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians overwhelmingly voted in several pro-Western parties in a landmark parliamentary election Sunday, another nudge in the former Soviet nation’s drift away from Russia. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World Briefs: Poroshenko sacks Ukraine defense boss
MINSK, Belarus — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko dismissed Defense Minister Valeriy Geletey on Sunday after Russia announced it was pulling back forces from Ukraine’s borders. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World briefs: U.N. reports more deaths in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS — At least 331 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since a Sept. 5 cease-fire was supposed to quell the armed conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Rebels in Ukraine move on Donetsk airport
MOSCOW — Fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday despite a fragile cease-fire, as pro-Russian rebels appeared to be close to capturing the strategically important Donetsk airport. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World Briefs: Lavrov says U.S. ties need to be ‘reset’
MOSCOW — Moscow called Sunday for a new “reset 2.0” in relations with Washington, saying the situation in Ukraine that had led to Western sanctions against Russia was improving thanks to Kremlin peace initiatives. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
