Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Ukraine President Vows To Retake Rebel-Held East
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Kyiv will reassert control over the country’s eastern region, where fighting intensified between government troops and pro-Russian separatist rebels over the weekend. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia’s Foreign Legion Of Doubt
If Moscow is looking to its new foreign legion to help restore its Soviet-era military might, it has a bit of a minefield to clear first. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fugitive Ukrainian Official To Work Under Putin Associate
A fugitive former Ukrainian interior minister accused of unleashing deadly force against antigovernment protesters last year says he will work for a Russian state-owned technology conglomerate led by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longtime associate. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Another Bomb Explodes In Odesa
Another bomb has exploded in the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa causing damage to a nearby building but reportedly not resulting in any casualties …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Health Of Hunger-Striking Ukrainian Pilot Said To Be ‘Deteriorating’
A lawyer for Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot held in Russia on charges of complicity in the murder of two journalists, say her health is declining. Savchenko has been on hunger strike for more than four weeks. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Georgian Man Killed Fighting In Ukraine
Georgian authorities say a man from the South Caucasus nation has been killed fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Latvian Court Rejects Russian Singer Kobzon’s Appeal Of Entry Ban
Latvia’s Constitutional Court has refused to consider an appeal by Iosif Kobzon, a prominent singer and ruling-party lawmaker in Russia’s parliament, against a ban that bars him from entering the Baltic nation. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Civilians Killed As Shell Hits Bus In Eastern Ukraine
(NOTE: Video includes graphic images) Ukrainian authorities say 10 civilians have been killed and 13 wounded by a missile that hit a bus in eastern Ukraine. The incident occurred late on January 13 at a Ukrainian military checkpoint near the town of Volnovakha, southwest of the rebel-held provincial capital of Donetsk. (Reuters) …read more...
U.S., EU Condemn Rising Ukraine Violence
The European Union and United States have condemned the rising violence in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko Vows To Die In Prison If Not Freed
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian Air Force pilot held in Russia, has been on hunger strike for four weeks. She has vowed to die in pretrial detention if Russia refuses to release her. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
