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Ukraine seeks EU support for Russia sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pressing top European Union officials to keep sanctions pressure up on Russia while the EU seeks reassurance that Ukraine is doing its utmost to battle … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Germany, France propose Ukraine meeting in Minsk next week
Germany’s foreign minister says he and his French counterpart have proposed a meeting next Tuesday with their Russian and Ukrainian colleagues to discuss peace efforts in eastern Ukraine. Frank-Walter Steinmeier … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine appoints young woman to lead purge of bureaucrats
Ukraine’s justice minister has appointed a 23-year-old law graduate to lead a campaign to purge of officials tainted by corruption of the ousted regime. The so-called lustration was a key … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Fake honors student gets more jail time before deportation
A 24-year-old Ukrainian man who lied about his name and age to attend a Pennsylvania high school has been ordered to spend 11½ to 23 months in jail for having … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Russia accuses Ukraine of arresting 2 servicemen from Crimea
Russia’s Defense Ministry says Ukrainian security services have arrested two Russian servicemen. The ministry said Ukrainian agents whisked the two servicemen from Crimea into the Mykolaiv region Sunday. In Monday’s … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Obama, Russia’s Putin speak at economic summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Latest: Obama, Putin discuss Syria conflict, Ukraine
The Latest on President Barack Obama’s final official foreign trip (all times local): 12:10 p.m. The White House says President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Latest: Obama, European leaders focus on Syria, Ukraine
The Latest on President Barack Obama’s last official overseas trip (All times local): 1:15 p.m. The White House says President Barack and European leaders focused their talks Friday on the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
UN committee votes to condemn Russian occupation of Crimea
A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Tuesday condemning Russia’s “temporary occupation” of Crimea and reaffirming the United Nations’ commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty over the Black Sea peninsula. Russia urged … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukrainian lawmaker punches colleague at parliament meeting
A Ukrainian lawmaker has punched his colleague in the face, the latest brawl in the nation’s raucous parliament. Opposition Bloc head Yuri Boiko first listened calmly as Radical Party head … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
