Section: The Bismarck Tribune
Lack of aid deepens suffering in conflict-hit east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Valentina Dudareva’s voice cracks with despair as she stands in the snow, surveying the bombed-out windows of her apartment block in Donetsk, the separatist capital in … …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Foreign ministers gather in Berlin to seek Ukraine progress
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, welcomes his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics during their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Lavrov is scheduled to meet four o… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Merkel urges Putin, Poroshenko to implement peace plan
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel march in Paris, France, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thousands of people began filling France’s iconic Republique plaza, and wo… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine rebel ‘Batman’ battalion commander killed
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian security official says a prominent rebel commander in the separatist eastern region of Luhansk has been killed. …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels swap war prisoners
Ukrainian government army soldiers patrol an area in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014. Peace talks aimed at reaching a stable cease-fire in Uk… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Eastern Ukraine prisoner exchange underway
Ukrainian government army soldiers patrol an area in the village of Debaltseve, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, Dec 24, 2014. Peace talks aimed at reaching a stable cease-fire in Uk… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Pope wishes Christmas hope and peace for Mideast
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis focused his concern on those weeping in the world this Christmas, singling out refugees, hostages and others suffering in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine a… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status
El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin (derecha), y su colega bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko estrechan las manos en el Kremlin, el martes 23 de diciembre de 2014 en Moscú. (Foto AP/ Maxim Shipenk… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Belarus’ president promises help for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, welcomes Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool) …read more Source: The Bismarck...
Tourism suffers in winter of EU-Russia discontent
FILE – In this Dec.17, 2011 file photo, snow falls on the finish area after an alpine ski women’s World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France. Russia’s tensions with the West over Ukraine and… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
