Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Activist Flees Russia After Assault, Threats
A Russian activist who has criticized the government for the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014 has fled the country after he was attacked and threatened. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Ambassador Revises Testimony, Now Says Aware Of Pressure On Ukraine
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland has revised his earlier testimony before congressional impeachment investigators, now acknowledging he knew the administration withheld military aid to Ukraine while pressuring Kyiv to investigate President Donald Trump’s rivals. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ex-U.S. Envoy To Ukraine Volker’s Testimony Blunts Trump’s Rationale To Probe Bidens
The Democrat-led congressional impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has switched to paper. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Plans To Boost Defense Spending To $9 Billion As Peace Talks Remain Elusive
Ukraine plans to increase annual spending on defense and security next year by 16 percent to more than $9 billion even as Kyiv gradually moves forward to securing talks to end the Donbas conflict in the eastern part of the country. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Lithuanian FM: Russia ‘Biggest Obstacle’ To Ukraine Peace
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says Russia represents the biggest obstacle to the peace process in Ukraine, as it misleadingly represents itself as a “neutral party” in the conflict. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia ‘Biggest Obstacle’ To Peace In Ukraine, Says Lithuanian Foreign Minister
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told Current Time TV that Russia was the biggest obstacle to the latest efforts aimed at defusing the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Linkevicius noted violations of the cease-fire linked to troop withdrawals agreed by Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists, and said Russia was an “active...
Exiled Russian Journalist Babchenko Says He Left Ukraine ‘Temporarily’
A dissident Russian journalist who once promised facetiously to return to his homeland in a U.S.-made Abrams tank, says he “temporarily” left Ukraine, where he has lived in self-imposed exile since fall 2017. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Amid Shelling, School Evacuated Near Ukraine Town Where Troops Withdrew Ahead Of Peace Talks
A primary school on November 4 was evacuated amid an artillery barrage 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Zolote, a town where Ukraine and Moscow-backed separatists have withdrawn their forces in the easternmost Luhansk region ahead of a pending summit to find peace in the Donbas conflict. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. Lawmakers Release Transcript Of Interview With Former Ukraine Ambassador
Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly recalled as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine earlier this year, told congressional investigators that she felt unsupported by the State Department prior to her departure, and threatened by President Donald Trump after. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Hope And Anxiety As Troops Pull Back In Eastern Ukraine
Troops and civilians are adjusting to a new reality after forces began disengaging along the line of separation between the Ukrainian military and Russia-backed separatists. Amid hopes for peace there’s also distrust and anxiety. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
