Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukrainian Soldiers Return Fire With Separatists In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government forces said they repulsed an attack by Russian-backed separatists around the town of Mariinka, near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers, seen in this video on the evening of July 30, responded to the attack with machine-gun fire and grenades. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free...
Trump Suggests U.S. Should Recognize Crimea As Part Of Russia
The Republican candidate for U.S. president, Donald Trump, has suggested that the United States should accept Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula if it would lead to better relations with Moscow and stronger cooperation in fighting Islamic State (IS) militants. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
OSCE Monitors in Eastern Ukraine Threatened At Gunpoint By Separatists
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says members of its monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine have been threatened at gunpoint near a village in the Donetsk region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Condemns French Lawmakers’ Visit To Crimea
Ukraine has condemned the visit of a group of French lawmakers to Russia-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Government Troops Clash With Russia-Backed Separatists In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government forces exchanged gunfire with Russia-backed separatists in the village on Maryinka during the night of July 28. It was the latest breach of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.(RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Government Troops Clash With Russia-Backed Separatists In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government forces exchanged gunfire with Russia-backed separatists in the village on Maryinka during the night of July 28. It was the latest breach of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.(RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: The Invisible War
Why is the conflict in the Donbas escalating? Listen to this week’s Power Vertical Podcast. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Google Maps Reverts To Soviet-Era Place Names In Crimea
U.S. tech giant Google has reinstated existing Soviet-era place names on online maps of Russia-annexed Crimea after it angered Moscow by changing them to correspond with names that Ukraine hopes to adopt in future under its “decommunization” law. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Diplomats Accuse Russia Of Undermining Ukraine Peace Plan
Two top U.S. diplomats working to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine have accused Russia of continuing to supply separatist fighters with fuel and weapons and creating a “deteriorating security situation” in the region that is as bad as it was a year ago. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Morning Vertical, July 29, 2016
Your daily roundup. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
