Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Two Nights Under Fire In Eastern Ukraine
During a week embedded with the Ukrainian army, Mykhaylo Shtekel from RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service spent two days and two nights under fire in the trenches of the 92nd mechanized brigade near Shchastya (which means “happiness”), a town in eastern Ukraine which changed hands in fighting with Russian-backed separatists last summer....
U.S. Navy Releases Video Of Ship Being Buzzed By Russian Jet
The U.S. Navy released a video on Monday of a Russian SU-24 fighter jet flying near the USS Ross destroyer in the Black Sea, in international waters 25 miles off the coast of Crimea. U.S. officials say the jet carried no weapons and that the American ship “did not deviate from planned operations”. Earlier, Russian media had claimed...
Putin’s Gunboat Diplomacy
Is Russia’s troop build-up a precursor to a summer offensive in Ukraine? That depends on what Vladimir Putin actually wants. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Downplays Flyover of Warship By Russian Bombers
The Pentagon took the unusual step of releasing a video June 1 of a Russian Su-24 bomber flying past a U.S. warship in the Black Sea to dispel what it called inaccurate reports in the Russian media. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Mixed Feelings In Odesa Over Saakashvili As Governor
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has stunned his nation by appointing Georgia’s former leader to head Odesa Oblast. The move has sparked mixed reactions in the troubled Black Sea region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Whistle-Blowing Russian ‘Troll’ Gets Her Day In Court
A former Russian Internet “troll” who says she was hired to promote certain political views online goes to court in St Petersburg to shine a light on 21st-century information warfare. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Five Die In Fresh Fighting In Ukraine
Five people have been killed in eastern Ukraine despite the ongoing cease-fire. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN Says At Least 6,400 Killed In Ukraine’s Conflict Since April 2014
The United Nations has raised its death toll estimate for the conflict in Ukraine to more than 6,400 — an increase of at least 300 people since its last report on fatalities caused by fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Says Blacklist of EU’s Kremlin Critics Not Politically Motivated
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksei Meshkov on June 1 rejected Western criticism of the Kremlin’s European Union blacklist, saying that the entry ban against 89 politicians from 17 EU countries was not politically motivated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Symbols of Ukraine’s Strength Hide Tensions in Kharkiv
Fortifications and flags project Ukrainian power in Kharkiv, just down the road from Russia. But more than a year after a failed attempt by pro-Russian activists to seize control of Ukraine’s second-largest city, symbols of strength cannot mask the tension that threatens to undermine Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
