Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Sanctions Russian Cargo Operator
Ukraine’s state-run railway company has suspended cooperation with a cargo branch of Russian Railways as part of a wave of sanctions against Russia over its support for separatists in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Alleged Russian Soldiers Go On Trial In Ukraine
A court in Kyiv has started preliminary hearings into the case against two alleged Russian soldiers detained in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia To Ban Ukrainian Air Traffic In Retaliatory Move
Russia is closing its airspace to Ukrainian airlines starting October 25 in reprisal for a ban that Ukraine imposed last week on Russian carriers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama, Putin Clash Over Syria, Ukraine In Dueling UN Speeches
They may have clinked wine glasses, but the pleasantries were spare between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the UN General Assembly in New York. In their speeches before the UN General Assembly on September 28, the two leaders traded criticism over the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, accusing one...
Obama Defends Sanctions Against Russia
At the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York, U.S. President Barack Obama defended economic sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and its involvement in in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Obama Says U.S. Willing To Work With Russia and Iran To Resolve Syrian War
U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington will work with any nation on resolving the war in Syria, specially singling out Russia and Iran. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Behind Ukraine’s Front Lines, A Hospital Struggles To Cope
Before a cease-fire took hold in eastern Ukraine, a handful of doctors at Mariupol’s Hospital No. 1 faced a flood of patients wounded at the nearby front in the war with Russia-backed rebels. Caught up in an unexpected conflict, the dilapidated hospital is part of an overstretched system plagued by poor equipment, uncertain loyalties, and...
Russia To Consider Restrictions Against Ukraine’s Airlines
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Transportation Ministry to consider retaliatory restrictive measures against Ukraine for banning Russian flights. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Says Conflict Costing Ukraine $5 Million A Day
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the fighting in the eastern part of his country against pro-Russia separatists costs about $5 million a day that Ukraine could be putting into development. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Protesters Hold Antiwar Rallies
Russian police have detained protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg who were calling for an end to Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and for it to stay out of the conflict in Syria. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
