Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Ukrainians gear up for winter without Russian gas
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — For Alexei Polezhai, who sells water heaters and wood-burning stoves at his two shops in Kiev, sales this fall have been remarkably good considering the dramatic collapse in the rest of the Ukrainian economy this year. Whereas Oct. 1 typically is the date when central heating is turned on for the winter, first in public...
Toll mounts in Ukraine as shelling worsens in spite of cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine — Eastern Ukraine has suffered the worst violence in more than a week as fighting between pro-Russia rebels and government troops in the region killed at least 12 people and wounded 32, officials said Monday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been at pains to insist to a skeptical audience at home that his peace plan is...
12 killed in worst east Ukraine shelling in a week
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Eastern Ukraine has suffered the worst violence in more than a week as fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government troops in the region killed at least 12 people and wounded 32, officials said Monday. […] the city council of Donetsk said in a statement published online that at least three civilians were killed...
Rebels in Ukraine continue attacks despite cease-fire
Volodymyr Polyoviy, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council said that the civilian died and 16 others were wounded in rebel mortar fire on the town of Shchastya, damaging the local hospital and a vocational school. Ukrainian forces’ withdrawal from the Donetsk airport was among the issues discussed at a Friday meeting...
Russia, Ukraine in EU-brokered talks on gas
BERLIN (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are holding European Union-brokered talks on their long-running gas dispute Friday as pressure mounts for a solution to head off a winter supply crisis in Ukraine and beyond. …read more Source: San Francisco...
Kardashian gets scare outside Paris fashion show
PARIS (AP) — Kim Kardashian received a fright at a Paris Fashion Week event Thursday when she was apparently jostled by someone waiting in a large crowd outside her car. Ex-journalist Vitalii Sediuk, a former Ukrainian television reporter, told The Associated Press in an email that he is the person in the video, and that he’d only been...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko sure that peace is on the way
In a news conference Thursday outlining his plans for Ukraine over the next half-decade, Poroshenko said: “I have no doubt whatsoever that my peace plan will work and that the main and most dangerous part of the war is behind.” …read more Source: San Francisco...
Poland tests border protection in major exercise
[…] because of the Ukraine-Russia crisis and general fears that the conflict could spread to bordering countries, he decided it should have wider participation and should test collective defense readiness in accordance with NATO guidelines. A submarine and a missile frigate will be among the 17 warships training in the Baltic, while the air...
Cease-fire in eastern Ukraine violated
MOSCOW (AP) — A cease-fire between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine has been violated in the rebel-held city of Donetsk. The RIA Novosti news agency quoted the rebels as saying that two people died in the attack but the mayor’s office had no information about casualties. …read more Source: San Francisco...
World leaders meet with multiple crises on agenda
Many diplomats hope that crisis won’t drown out the plight of millions of civilians caught in conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza; the misery of the largest number of refugees since World War II; and global support for new U.N. goals to fight poverty and address climate change. In addition to...
