Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Donetsk Dolphins, War Evacuees
When shells began to reach a dolphinarium in the embattled Ukrainian city of Donetsk, several dolphins had to be moved to safer locations outside the rebel-controlled area. Two of them found a new home in Kharkiv, where the animals are kept in a stress-free environment so they can resume their performances in two weeks’ time....
Russia Launches Military Exercises In Central, Western Regions
Russian military officials say they have launched four days of military exercises in central and western regions of Russia, including most of western Russian and areas that border Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany Reportedly Scraps Military Deal With Russia
Germany has reportedly scraped a deal to provide a fully-equipped training camp to Russian forces due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Human Remains Recovered At MH17 Crash Site Amid More Fighting
International experts using sniffer dogs have recovered more human remains and personal belongings at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Struggles To Find Strategy For Getting Back Crimea
Russia has said it will never give up the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Nonetheless, the Kyiv government and civil society are actively working on strategies to return the Black Sea peninsula to Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Podcast: Vladimir The Ideologue Vs. Putin The Pragmatist
Whether Putin seeks an exit from the Ukraine crisis or escalates it depends largely on which Putin the West is dealing with. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Supplying The Front Lines In Eastern Ukraine
RFE/RL takes a look at some of the groups supplying equipment, weapons, and volunteer fighters to both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Large Team Of Dutch, Australian Experts Gets To Work At MH17 Crash Site
A large team of international experts has gotten to work recovering bodies at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vox Pop: Muscovites On New Western Sanctions
RFE/RL’s Tom Balmforth asked residents of Moscow if they were concerned about the new round of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine. Most of the respondents said they thought the sanctions would have little effect on the Russian economy. They also expressed regret at...
Ukraine Army Confirms At Least 14 Deaths From Pro-Russian ‘Ambush’
An ambush by pro-Russian fighters near the town of Shakhtarsk, in the area where the Malaysian airliner fell two weeks ago, killed more than a dozen people, many of them soldiers, and injured many more. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
