Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
‘Shelling Every Day’ In Donbas Trenches
Talks in Minsk aimed at aimed a pullback of weapons from the frontlines eastern Ukraine have remained at an impasse. That’s unlikely to surprise the men of the Ukrainian armed forces entrenched near Donetsk airport. They say they are under daily shelling from pro-Russian separatists. (Katerina Malofeyeva, RFE/RL’s Current Time,...
Kremlin Downplays OSCE Report Of Russian Troops In Eastern Ukraine
The Kremlin on August 4 played down a report by OSCE monitors who found an armed man in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine who identified himself and a group of uniformed soldiers as a members of Russia’s armed forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poroshenko Consults Generals As Ukraine Peace Talks Falter
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko convened his generals August 4 amid signs that his latest bid to negotiate an end to clashes with pro-Russian rebels is faltering while violence is rising. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
How To Become A Citizen Of Post-Maidan Ukraine
Prominent Russian activist Maria Gaidar just obtained a Ukrainian passport, joining the ranks of a growing list of foreign nationals to do so. Her path is one of several available for fast-track Ukrainian citizenship. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lukashenka Vows Aggressors Against Belarus Will ‘Die By The Sword’
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has vowed that Belarus will never go to war with Russia, but that if such a conflict were to erupt, “we would fight for every piece of land.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Is Minsk Dead?
It increasingly looks like Russia is giving up on the Minsk agreement as a means to achieve its goals in Ukraine and is looking for other means to pressure Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
A Force For Change: Kyiv Gets New Police
A new police force in Kyiv seems to be winning over the public in the Ukrainian capital, if social media is any barometer. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Nationalists Attack Opposition Party
Shots were heard as nationalists used cobble stones in an attack on an opposition party in the government-held city of Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Politician Gaidar Gets Ukrainian Citizenship
Russian politician Maria Gaidar, who was appointed as deputy governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region in mid-July, has received Ukrainian citizenship. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Renewed Ukraine Peace Talks Break Up Without Progress
Peace talks between the warring sides in the conflict in eastern Ukraine broke up after six hours August 3 amid reports they failed to secure progress on a planned buffer zone. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
