Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
NATO Chief Says New Deal Coming For Georgia
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says NATO will develop a substantive package for Georgia that will help it come closer to the alliance. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Wants To Revoke Mandate Sanctioning Use Of Force In Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the Federation Council to revoke the authorization it granted for military forces to intervene in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Foreign Ministers To Set Up Ukraine Trust Fund
A NATO source tells RFE/RL that the trust fund will focus on boosting Ukrainian defense in areas such as logistics, command and control, and cyberdefense. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Donetsk Separatist Leader Agrees To Cease-Fire
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine say they’ve agreed to observe a temporary cease-fire until June 27. Aleksandr Borodai, the self-styled prime minister of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic,” made the announcement on June 23 after peace talks with representatives from Moscow, Kyiv, and the Organization for...
Ukrainian Separatist Leaders Agree To Temporary Cease-Fire
Pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine say they’ve agreed to observe a temporary cease-fire until June 27, ending 10 weeks of fighting against Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian Army Holds Large-Scale Military Drill
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on June 21 announced a multipurpose exercise in Russia’s Central Military District. Soldiers in the city of Samara were put on full combat alert in a surprise test of their combat readiness. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU Ministers Threaten Further Sanctions On Russia
Several European foreign ministers are threatening further sanctions if Russia fails to both cooperate with Ukraine’s proposed peace plan and halt interference in the country’s east. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Police Clash With Maidan Supporters In Kharkiv
Police violently broke up a demonstration of Maidan supporters in the eastern city of Kharkiv on June 22. Members of the Hryfon special police unit attacked Ukrainian activists who attempted to prevent a pro-Russian rally in the city center. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
More Ukraine Refugees Cross Into Russia
As fighting continued between Ukrainian forces and pro-Moscow rebels, more residents of towns and villages in eastern Ukraine made their way toward the border and sought refuge in Russia’s Rostov region on June 21. (Reuters) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Backs Poroshenko’s Cease-Fire, Calls For ‘Dialogue’
Russian television has shown President Vladimir Putin giving cautious support to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s unilateral cease-fire but also saying that any cessation of hostilities is meaningless without “dialogue.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
