Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Explainer: As Ukraine Conflict Intensifies, So Does Debate On Providing Lethal Military Aid
The perception in the West that the five-month-old Minsk cease-fire agreement has failed to contain the Ukraine crisis and that Moscow has increased its military aid to separatists in eastern Ukraine has intensified the debate in Washington about providing lethal military aid to Kyiv. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimean Tatars Oppose Stalin-Churchill-Roosevelt Monument
Crimean Tatars protested a decision by the annexed region’s Kremlin-backed government to erect a monument to Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Rebel Leader Vows To Mobilize 100,000 Men
A pro-Russian separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has announced plans to recruit 100,000 men as fighting with government forces intensifies following the collapse of peace talks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Debaltseve Residents Seek Shelter Below Ground As Clashes Rage
The eastern Ukrainian town of Debaltseve is at the center of the latest clashes between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. As shells strike residential areas, some civilians have retreated to their basements for safety. Many have been living without electricity, gas, or water for over a week. Photojournalist Petr Shelomovskiy...
The Daily Vertical: Putin Goes For Broke
The Daily Vertical is a video primer for Russia-watchers that will appear Monday through Friday. Viewers can submit suggested topics to address on Twitter @PowerVertical or on the Power Vertical Facebook page. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Rocket Puts British Satellite Into Orbit
A Russian Proton-M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on February 1 carried the British Inmarsat-5F2 communications satellite into space. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainians Remember Victims Of Mariupol Rocket Attack
Events were held in Ukraine on February 1 to honor the victims of a rocket attack which killed 30 civilians in the southern port of Mariupol, held by government forces, on January 24. In Kyiv, crosses with the names of the victims were placed outside the Russian embassy. In the evening, in Mariupol itself, candles were lit on the central Theater...
Thousands Sign Petition To Help Russian ‘Treason’ Suspect
Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy has reported almost 25,000 signatures have been gathered for a petition to help Svetlana Davydova, a 36-year-old mother of seven who is accused of treason …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Protester Crashes Performances Of ‘Hypocritical’ Pro-Putin Musicians
A lone protester recently jumped the stage at a Tchaikovsky opera in New York to protest Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine. A previous protest won him the support of Pussy Riot and got him banned from Harvard. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Soldiers, Civilians Killed In Ukraine As Peace Talks End Without Progress
Ukraine says 13 of its soldiers have been killed in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
