Section: The Boston Globe (USA)
Obama Arrives at NATO Summit
NATO leaders arrived in Wales on Thursday (September 4) for a summit where they were set to buttress support for Kiev and bolster their eastern defences, spurred by the Ukraine crisis to enact the most radical shift in allied strategy towards Russia since the end of the Cold War. U.S. Secretary John Kerry and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...
Putin Unveils Ukraine Ceasefire Plan
Residents in this area of Donetsk, in eastern Ukrainian, flee into their basements, to escape the artillery shelling above. Donetsk is a stronghold of pro-Russian separatists and their battles with nearby government forces are said to be raging. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a seven-step roadmap for ending the violence. Among...
Ukraine: How We Got Here – in 2 Mins
Tim Willcox presents a timeline summary of the events that bought the country to it’s present situation. …read more Source: The Boston...
Is Ukraine ‘Ceasefire’ for Real?
There’s barely a building unscathed. This is Spartak near Donetsk – recovering from heavy shelling overnight. But the end of the crisis could be in sight. Ukraine defence spokesman Andriy Lysenko. …read more Source: The Boston...
U.S. President Obama Arrives in Estonia for Talks with Baltic Leaders
United States President Barack Obama arrived in Estonia on Wednesday (September 3) on a visit designed to show U.S. solidarity with the three Baltic states ahead of a NATO summit in Wales where Russia’s involvement in Ukraine is expected to be the main topic. Obama will meet the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Latvian President...
Video Shows Ukraine Soldiers ‘Abuse’
Ukraine’s defence minister has accused Russia of launching a “great war” that could claim tens of thousands of lives. …read more Source: The Boston...
Funeral Takes Place in Malaysia for a Pilot of Downed MH17 Flight
Pilots in their Malaysia Airlines uniforms lined up to pay their respects Tuesday to Captain Eugene Choo Jin Leong. He was one of the pilots aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. He was given full military honours for the ceremony. An urn carrying his...
Ukraine Accuses Russia of “Undisguised Aggression”
Local residents who live near the airport just outside Donetsk take shelter in a basement. This comes as Ukraine’s military said Monday it pulled its forces back from defending the airport — the latest in a string of reverses for Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists. At a military academy in Kiev, Ukrainian President...
Back-to-School in Ukraine Marred by War
The first day of classes at School No. 66. This is the industrial city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine. All the trappings of back-to-school… but bubbling just below the surface, tensions are high. Last week, pro-Russian rebels fighting the government took a major town less than an hour’s drive away. They’re threatening this...
Europe’s Russia Sanctions Dilemma
Use common sense – that’s President Putin’s latest warning to the West over the possibility of fresh sanctions against Russia. EU leaders are preparing new measures against Moscow. But no definite ones have been agreed yet or when they will be imposed. Anxiety over Ukraine is already hurting some of their economies – even...
