Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)
Kiev says most of Russia column destroyed
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Friday that Ukrainian forces had attacked and destroyed part of a column of Russian military vehicles on Ukrainian territory — a step that, if confirmed, would represent a significant escalation of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Moscow, Kiev closer to confrontation as aid convoy heads for rebel areas
MOSCOW — A Russian aid convoy struck a new course toward rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, apparently flouting Ukrainian demands that all humanitarian shipments be subject to government inspections and prompting Kiev to threaten a direct confrontation if the convoy tries to pass through. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Death toll in Ukraine soars in past 2 weeks
DONETSK, Ukraine — A rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine came under intensified shelling Wednesday as the U.N. revealed that the death toll from the fighting between government troops and separatists has nearly doubled in the last two weeks. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Russian aid trucks depart for Ukraine’s eastern front
KIEV, Ukraine — A long column of Russian trucks laden with relief supplies rumbled toward war-torn eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, unsettling Ukrainian officials who warned that any attempt by Moscow to deliver humanitarian aid without their consent would be treated as an invasion. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Poroshenko announces international humanitarian mission in eastern Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday that an international humanitarian mission would be sent to the war-torn east of his country, in a fragile move toward peace on a day in which fighting continued unabated. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine rebel leaders ask for cease-fire, aid
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
World briefs: NATO pledges Ukraine support
KIEV, Ukraine — NATO’s chief defied mounting Russian belligerence Thursday with a pledge to provide assistance to Ukraine, which is battling to quash an insurgency being waged by pro-Russia rebels in the country’s east. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Tensions grow in Ukraine over Russia troop buildup
DONETSK, Ukraine — The steadily advancing Ukrainian army is setting its sights on the largest rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine, while Western officials on Wednesday warned that a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border could herald a major incursion to protect the separatists. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Kiev positioning to move on rebels
KIEV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military on Monday appeared to be readying a long-awaited major assault on the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, warning civilians to leave as troops tightened their ring around the city amid heavy fighting. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
As Kiev attacks city, rebels call on Putin
DONETSK, Ukraine — Fighting raged Sunday on the western outskirts of Donetsk as the advancing Ukrainian army tried to seize control of the rebel stronghold. In danger of being encircled, the separatists renewed their calls for Russia to send troops to their aid. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
