Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Ukrainian Conflict Death Toll Reaches More Than 3,500
BERLIN—The U.N. human rights office says the death toll from the conflict in eastern Ukraine has reached at least 3,543 if the 298 victims of the downing of Malaysian airlines flight 17 are included. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Human Right Ivan Simonovic says the actual figure “is likely to be significantly higher.” The death toll had...
World War 3 Averted? Ukraine Cease-Fire Upheld on Both Sides, Official Says
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A cease-fire in east Ukraine is being upheld by both government troops and Russia-backed rebels, a senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday, in a first step toward enforcing a truce that has been riddled by repeated violations since it was imposed earlier this month. Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National...
Ukraine Reports Ceasefire Is Working
KIEV, Ukraine—A cease-fire in east Ukraine is being upheld by both government troops and Russia-backed rebels, a senior Ukrainian official said Tuesday, in a first step toward enforcing a truce that has been riddled by repeated violations since it was imposed earlier this month. Col. Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security...
Thousands March in Moscow Against Fighting in Ukraine
MOSCOW—Tens of thousands of people marched through central Moscow on Sunday to demonstrate against the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s alleged complicity in the conflict. An Associated Press reporter estimated the crowd at about 20,000, although the city police department put the number at about 5,000. The demonstrators chanted slogans...
Ukraine Says it Won’t Pull Back Troops Just Yet
MOSCOW— A Ukrainian official says Kiev won’t pull back its troops until the previously agreed cease-fire is implemented. The cease-fire that was declared Sept. 5 has been repeatedly violated. Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed Saturday to create a buffer zone between government troops and pro-Russian militants by halting their...
German Families Suing Ukraine Over Downing of Flight MH17
Investigators examining a piece of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane crash near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/ Dmitry Lovetsky, file) BERLIN— A German lawyer says he plans to sue Ukraine for negligence in the downing of Malaysia Airline Flight 17. Elmar M. Giemulla says he will file a suit at...
NATO Chief: Ukraine Has Cease-Fire ‘in Name Only’
VILNIUS, Lithuania—NATO’s top general said Saturday the two-week-old truce between Ukraine and pro-Russia militants fighting in the country’s east is a “cease-fire in name only,” and he said that by enabling a free flow of weapons and fighters across the border Russia has made it nearly impossible to determine how many of its troops...
Canada and US Strengthen Energy Ties, Help Ukraine
OTTAWA, Canada—Canada and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding this on Sept. 18 to tighten collaboration on energy. The heads of both countries’ energy departments met in Ottawa for two days of talks, the first time the Head of the U.S. Department of Energy has visited Canada since Obama took office. Canadian Minister of...
Buffer Zone Agreed On in Ukrainian Peace Talks
MINSK, Belarus—Negotiators in Ukrainian peace talks agreed early Saturday to create a buffer zone between government troops and pro-Russia militants by halting their advances, pulling back heavy weapons and withdrawing foreign fighters in order to ensure a stable truce in eastern Ukraine. The deal reached by representatives of Ukraine, Russia,...
World War 3: Vladimir Putin Threatens Ukraine, Says Russia Could Invade Europe Within Two Days
Things in Europe are heating up with threats made by Russia President Vladimir Putin to the Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko. In a private meeting also attended by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barraso, Putin says that Russian troops could reach multiple points in Europe in just two days. “If I wanted, in two days I could have...
