Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Russia Flexes Muscles as Ukraine Talks Begin in Moscow
Russian air force helicopters practice ‘precision’ shooting drills near the Ukrainian border. It’s part of a two-week training exercise in an area that abuts eastern Ukraine, now nine months into an armed rebellion by pro-Russian separatists. The show of military strength, comes amid intensified diplomatic efforts to end the...
McCain: U.S. Should Provide “Lethal” Assistance to Ukraine
U.S. Senator John McCain called on the U.S. and NATO to provide “lethal” assistance to Ukraine. The one-time presidential candidate and Republican senator from Arizona said Russian actions in Ukraine presents the “gravest threat to European security in decades.” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that...
“How I Am Supposed to Sleep Here?” – Donetsk Resident
Broken homes in Donetsk. Residents in Ukraine’s east are trying to piece together what is left of what they once called home. This is what war left behind, as violence escalates in the east. A man walks through the remains of his apartment. He says a shell hit the apartment of an elderly woman next door. He says she is lucky to be alive....
U.S. Assistance to Ukraine Under Review
NATO defence ministers met on Thursday (February 5) to sign off on a network of command centres in eastern Europe to rapidly reinforce the region in the event of any threat from Russia, as well as a new regional headquarters and a bigger rapid reaction force. …read more Source: The Boston...
Merkel Says Give Diplomacy a Chance as Ukraine War Expands
They are heading out of town in eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian separatists expand their fight. Kiev’s Western allies are alarmed over the rebel advance in recent weeks–which all but ended a five-month-old ceasefire. They board buses provided by the Ukrainian emergency ministry. German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledges that the...
Gunfire on Blasted Streets of Donetsk
Olga Ivshina reports from a residential area in Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine where houses have been caught in shelling. …read more Source: The Boston...
Kiev Protesters Plant Crosses at Russian Embassy for Civilians Killed in Shellfire
Outside the Russian embassy in the Ukrainian capitol Kiev … crosses with the names of victims of war … to humanize the civilian toll in the conflict to the east of the country. A silent protest against Moscow’s involvement — as separatists fight government forces for independence and closer ties with neighboring Russia....
Death Toll Rises in Ukraine’s East
Bloodshed is back in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. As peace talks collapse the death toll rises in the east with authorities saying at least 10 civilians and more than a dozen government solders have been killed. One resident says she saw a man running from the attack when a shell landed in front of him. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine Peace Talks Collapse, Kiev and Separatists Trade Blame
Envoys from both sides of the Ukraine peace talks leave negotiations just over four hours after they begin. The talks in the Belarus capitol, Minsk, have collapsed and there’s no tangible progress towards a new ceasefire. Instead, representatives from the Ukrainian government as well as the separatists envoys — like the two seen here...
Donetsk Resident: “It’s Like the Last Judgment”
With the conflict in eastern Ukraine laying waste to its cities and infrastructure, residents of war-torn Donetsk are being forced to live with the bare minimum. …read more...
