Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Off Crimea, Putin Plunges Into Sea Of Memes
Russia’s president submerges himself in Crimea’s waters and the Internet reacts. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Warns Russia Against Territory Grab In Ukraine
NATO has warned Moscow that any attempt by Russian-backed separatists to take more territory in eastern Ukraine would be “unacceptable.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Meet Putin’s Hostages
They are a police officer, a filmmaker, and a pilot. And they are hostages illegally abducted by a rogue regime. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Film Director’s Defiant Court Statement: ‘The Greatest Sin Is Cowardice’
Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov stood before a Russian court in Rostov-on-Don on August 19 to offer a defiant closing statement in his trial with a co-defendant for alleged conspiracy to commit terrorism in forcibly annexed Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jailed Ukrainian Filmmaker Speaks Out Against Russian “Crimes”
Russian prosecutors are seeking a 23-year prison sentence for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, a vocal opponent of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks. Speaking during his trial in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Sentsov described the Russian government as “a criminal regime.”...
Calls For National Unity at Ukrainian Folk Fest
Villagers of Velyky Sorochintsi east of Kyiv celebrate their heritage and call for unity at annual festival. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian ‘Cyborg’: ‘They Tried To Break Me, But It Didn’t Work’
Ukrainian paratrooper Oleksandr Mashonkin was captured after the hellish fighting at the Donetsk airport in January — and thrust into another nightmare. The “cyborg,” who was released in a prisoner exchange after 197 days in captivity in Donetsk, says he and fellow prisoners were beaten with “pipes, stools, table legs” and even...
Russian Prosecutors Demand 23-Year Sentence For Ukrainian Filmmaker
Russian prosecutors have asked a court to send a Ukrainian filmmaker to prison for 23 years on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Saakashvili Trains Alongside Odesa Police
The governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, took part in police training exercises led by U.S. instructors in the Black Sea city on August 18. Saakashvili has played a highly public role since taking over as governor in May, mingling with locals and promising to make sweeping changes to stamp out...
Fresh Fighting In Pisky, Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian government forces traded fire with Russian-backed separatists in the village of Pisky, near the rebel-held city of Donetsk, late on August 18. The clash took place amid escalating violence in recent days along the front lines in eastern Ukraine. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
