Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine Says Rebels Moving Tanks Up, Attacks Persist
Ukrainian authorities are accusing Russian-backed separatists of moving tanks, weapons, and fighters closer to the line of contact with government forces in the east of the country. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bomb Hits Odesa Office Of Group That Aids Wounded Troops
Police in Odesa say a homemade bomb exploded near an apartment block in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city late on March 22. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Reports: Yanukovych Son Drowns In Russia
Media reports and a Ukrainian lawmaker say that the son of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has died in an accident in Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Top British Diplomat: ‘Russia Must Return Crimea To Ukraine’
Britain’s top diplomat says Russia “must return Crimea to Ukraine,” calling the Kremlin’s forcible annexation of the Black Sea peninsula last year “completely unacceptable.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Commander Calls For Using ‘All Tools’ To Help Ukraine
NATO’s top military commander says the West should consider using all its tools to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists, including sending defensive weapons. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
‘Brussels Was … Asleep’: Bildt Assesses EU’s Mistakes Regarding Russia
In an interview with RFE/RL in Brussels, former Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt talks frankly about the mistakes made by the European Union with regard to Russia, what he thinks the Russian president’s next moves are likely to be, and why the bloc needs to engage more deeply with Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia. Bildt spoke on March 22...
How A Soviet Emigre Family Took Kefir Mainstream In America
The Smolyansky family, which emigrated to Chicago from Soviet Ukraine in 1976, has built a growing empire based on kefir, a tangy cultured-milk product popular across Eastern Europe but, until recently, largely unknown to American consumers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia, Ukraine, EU Start New Round Of Gas Talks
Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and the European Union have started talks on gas supplies in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Oligarch Tears Into RFE/RL Journalist
One of Ukraine’s richest and most powerful men responds to a question from RFE/RL with an expletive-filled rant. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyrygz Mercenary Describes Fighting Alongside Separatists In Ukraine
A Kyrgyz military reserve officer has told RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service about his seven months of service as a mercenary in the ranks of the Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Manas Mambetov alleges Russian troops are increasingly replacing local and mercenary fighters in the region — and that Moscow has stepped up the provision...
