Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
National-Security Adviser Bolton Arrives In Ukraine To ‘Underscore U.S. Support’
White House national-security adviser John Bolton has arrived in Kyiv — the first visit to Ukraine by a top U.S. official since the election of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in April. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
U.S. National-Security Adviser John Bolton To Visit Ukraine
U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said he will travel to Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy prepares for his first trip to Washington. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Macron Announces Major Ukraine Peace Summit In September
French President Emmanuel Macron says the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and France will hold talks next month aimed at ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump Says He Would ‘Certainly’ Invite Putin To Next Year’s G7 Summit
U.S. President Donald Trump on August 26 reiterated that he would invite Russian President Vladimir Putin when the United States hosts the Group of Seven (G7) summit of the world’s largest economies next year, despite Moscow’s exclusion from the club over its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free...
Putin-Erdogan Talks In Moscow To Focus On Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on August 27 for talks expected to focus of the situation in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Crimea Residents Who Show Ukrainian Identity Get ‘Hunted’
People expressing any form Ukrainian identity in Russian-annexed Crimea can expect criminal persecution or get on a “hit list,” say two members of the Crimean Human Rights Group (CHRG). …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
One Ukraine Soldier Killed, 3 wounded In Donbas Conflict
One Ukrainian soldier was killed, and three were wounded on August 25 in the conflict zone of the Donbas where Moscow-backed separatists continue to fight government forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU’s Tusk: More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out Of G7
European Council President Donald Tusk has rejected President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be readmitted to the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations. At a news conference before the beginning of a G7 summit in France on August 24, Tusk said there are more reasons than ever for keeping Moscow out. Russia was expelled from...
For First Time, Ukraine Marks Independence Without Official Military Parade
Ukraine on August 24 marked its 28th anniversary of independence from the former Soviet Union with an official ceremony in Kyiv that, for the first time, did not include a military parade. A minute of silence commemorated those war victims in eastern Ukraine as well as those killed in a crackdown against the protests that ousted pro-Russian...
Zelenskiy Likens Russia’s Seizure Of Crimea To ‘Kids Being Stolen’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has likened Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula to “kids being stolen and issued a new birth certificate,” as the country marked 28 years of independence on August 24. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
