Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
U.S. To Send More Ukraine Nonlethal Aid
The United States has announced it will send more non-lethal aid to Ukraine, including unarmed drones and Humvee vehicles. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
News Analysis: The Plot To Seize Crimea
A year after the whirlwind events that led to Russia’s March 2014 annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea, new revelations appear to show that the plan was a long time in the works. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Is A Savchenko Deal In The Offing?
A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot jailed in Russia for her alleged role in the death of two journalists, says he has video evidence proving his client is innocent. The latest claim comes amid a flurry of diplomacy aimed at her release — and her own decision to give up a hunger strike after 83 days. …read more Source:...
U.S. Sanctions Aleksandr Dugin, Pro-Russian Separatists
The United States has issued a new list of individuals and entities to be sanctioned over Russia’s interference in Ukraine, including Kremlin-connected nationalist ideologue Aleksandr Dugin and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Leaders Say Russia ‘Still In Ukraine’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that “Russia is still in Ukraine” and urged Moscow to withdraw all its forces and to end its support for separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Could Prolong Russia Sanctions Through December
The European Union is considering keeping its economic sanctions against Russia in place though December 2015 in hopes of bolstering implementation of a peace deal for eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
IMF Expected To Approve Fresh Ukraine Bailout
The board of the International Monetary Fund is widely expected to approve a fresh $17.5 loan program for Ukraine when it meets on March 11. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Says More Russian Tanks Have Crossed Into Ukraine
The United States says Russia has transferred more weapons to separatists in recent days despite an ongoing cease-fire. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Naval Drills Start In Black Sea
NATO has held a series of exercises in eastern Europe, aimed in part to reassure members concerned about Russian intentions following Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea in March 2014 and its moves in support of separatists fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia Suggests West Impose Sanctions On Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov charges that “full implementation of the Minsk agreements is essentially being blocked by the Kyiv authorities.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
