Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Reports: Russian Military Convoy Enters Ukraine
Two British newspapers are reporting that a column of Russian military vehicles has crossed into Ukraine separately from a convoy of some 250 Russian trucks that Moscow says is carrying humanitarian aid. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kremlin Mutes Putin’s Big Crimea Speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speeches are usually top news in Russia. But his most recent address in Crimea was mysteriously downplayed by the Kremlin and the state-controlled media. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Separatists In Seeming Disarray Amid Rumors Of Strelkov’s Demise
Separatists in eastern Ukraine are denying a report — also issued by separatists — that rebel commander Igor Girkin, aka Strelkov, had been severely wounded in combat. The latest rumors come as a number of separatist leaders have announced their resignation or retreat from the fray. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Sends Its Own Aid Convoy To Separatist-Held East
A convoy of 26 trucks with humanitarian aid left the government-controlled Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 14 for the separatist-held Luhansk region. Serhiy Bochkovskiy, the chief of Ukraine’s State Service for Emergency Situations, told journalists the supplies would be handed over to the Red Cross for distribution in the region. The...
Ukraine Passes Law On Russia Sanctions, Gas Pipelines
Ukraine’s parliament has passed legislation that would allow the government to impose sanctions on Russia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin: Russia Will Do Its Utmost To Stop Bloodshed In Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin says Russia will do its utmost to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, where government forces are fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Convoy Advances Toward Ukrainian Border
A Russian aid convoy left the southwestern Russian city of Voronezh headed toward the Ukrainian border early on August 14, despite warnings that the convoy might not be allowed across the border. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on August 13 denounced the aid delivery as Russian “cynicism” and said Ukraine would accept...
New Sanctions Bill Raises Free Press Fears In Ukraine
Ukrainian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a draft law that would impose sanctions on Russian businesses and block disinformation spread by Kremlin-run media. But Ukrainian free-speech advocates say the bill is dangerous because it also hands the government in Kyiv the power to censor the press at home. …read more Source: Radio Free...
Kyiv Warnings Urgent As Russian Convoy Nears Border
Ukrainian government officials are heaping warnings on as a Russian convoy of nearly 300 trucks nears its eastern border, with Moscow insisting the delivery will go through under Red Cross supervision. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rights Groups Criticize Ukraine’s Draft Law On Media
Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House have called on Ukrainian authorities not to pass a draft law that would give the government power to censor domestic and international media. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
