Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine May Freeze Debt Payments To Fund War
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Kyiv could halt its debt repayments to creditors if no immediate deal is found with private lenders. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dramatic Battles Rock Ukrainian Village
RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service has brought further dramatic evidence that the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine is not being observed. Video shot in the village of Pisky on June 6 shows Ukrainian troops defending the village with machine guns, and taking cover in trenches. During the filming, one soldier was injured and received treatment....
Podcast: The Long War
According to an influential new report by Chatham House, the West needs to settle in for a protracted conflict with a weakening, but still very dangerous, Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Youth Pays Price For Speaking Out Over Ukraine
A teenager from a Moscow suburb has alienated his family and schoolmates and attracted the attention of the police for his criticism of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. “You are my enemy,” his own grandfather told him. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Activists Welcome Saakashvili In Odesa
Around 300 Ukrainian activists gathered outside the main administration building in Odesa on June 11 to meet the new governor of the region, former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili. After briefly chatting with them outside, he invited them in for a question-and-answer session. Saakashvili drew applause pledging that he would be like a...
Gas Pipeline Damaged By Shelling In Eastern Ukraine
The gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said gas supplies would be cut to three towns — including the port city of Mariupol — as repair work, expected to take up to two days, is carried out. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Night Fighting In Eastern Ukraine
Russian-backed separatists attacked positions of the Ukrainian army’s 93rd mechanized brigade defending the village of Pisky, near Donetsk, on the night of June 6-7. Attacks are often launched under cover of darkness, despite the cease-fire agreed in Minsk in mid-February. The Ukrainian military said that in this attack the separatists used...
Donetsk Artist Fights Guns With Mockery
Donetsk artist Serhiy Zakharov was imprisoned and beaten by Russia-backed separatists for poking fun at their rule. He has since fled the city, and is now on a tour of European galleries with installation and performance art — which continues the fight against the self-proclaimed authorities, which have seized power in his city. The show...
IMF Says Can Support Ukraine Without Private Debt Deal
The International Monetary Fund says it could continue bailout funding for Ukraine even if Kyiv does not reach a debt-restructuring deal with private creditors …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Holy Scrubs: Medical Gowns The Latest To Get Official Orthodox Church Blessing
A Russian Orthodox priest made headlines in 2011 when he blessed the computers of a local equivalent of YouTube. The Russian media also went to town last year when priests consecrated the runway at a regional airport after the mayor survived a scary landing. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
