Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Georgian Officials Call For ‘Bold’ Action On NATO Membership
Senior Georgian officials say “bold” action is needed on Tbilisi’s NATO aspirations and the Western military alliance should be “desperate” for it to gain membership to demonstrate that Russia is not dictating its policies. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Savchenko Says Willing To Hold Peace Talks With Separatists
Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko says she is willing to talk with Russia-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine to try to end the nation’s two-year-old conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Nuland: Russia Feeling ‘Pain’ Of U.S. Sanctions
A top U.S. official says economic sanctions continue to be the most powerful leverage Washington has over Russia, and that those measures have thwarted potential Russian efforts to seize larger swaths of Ukrainian territory, including the capital. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Appeals For Euro 2016 Visas For Ukrainian Soccer Fans
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appealed to his French counterpart to “facilitate the issuance of visas” for Ukrainian soccer fans planning to travel to France for the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Investigators Find Buk Missile Part At MH17 Crash Site In Ukraine
International investigators say they have found a Buk missile component at the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Arrests Man ‘Planning Euro 2016 Attacks’
The head of Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) Vasyl Hrytsak says it has detained a French citizen planning a series of armed attacks in France during the Euro 2016 soccer championship. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Ghost School Of Shyrokyne
Rubble and shards of glass are all that remain in the ghost school of Shyrokyne, in eastern Ukraine — silent witnesses of the battles that were fought there. The village is still too dangerous for its inhabitants to return. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Says French National Arrested In Ukraine Planned 15 Terrorist Attacks
The head of Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said the French national arrested in Ukraine last month had been planning to stage 15 terrorist attacks during the Europe 2016 soccer championship in France. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police Break Up Protest In Crimea Over Beach Access
Police in Russia-controlled Crimea have forcibly broken up a protest by locals upset over amusement rides being set up near the shores of the Black Sea that they say obstruct access to the beach. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Arrests Man Reportedly Planning Attack In France
The Ukrainian Border Guard has confirmed a media report that a Frenchman with a cache of weapons and explosives to be used allegedly in a planned attack in France was arrested on the Ukrainian-Polish border in late May. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
