Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
Ukraine, NATO, US: Russian forces inside Ukraine
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — “Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” the country’s president declared Thursday, cancelling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council. Reports from analysts to separatist rebels to NATO and U.S. officials backed up that assessment. President Petro Poroshenko summoned the council as the...
World War 3 Coming? ‘Russian Forces Have Entered Ukraine’ Says President Petro Poroshenko
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine—Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of the nation’s security council and canceled a foreign trip Thursday, declaring that “Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. President Petro Poroshenko summoned the council as the strategic...
Battle for Southeastern Ukraine Heats Up
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine—Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine’s strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new territory Wednesday far from their previous battles with government troops. The bold offensive along a new southeastern front raised the prospect that the separatists are seeking to create a...
Russia Orchestrates New Offensive in Ukraine, Says US State Dep’t
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration accused Russia on Wednesday of orchestrating a new military campaign in Ukraine that is helping rebel forces expand their fight in the country’s east and sending tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles toward communities elsewhere. “These incursions indicate a Russian-directed counteroffensive is...
Rebels Enter Strategically Important Ukraine Town
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine—Pro-Russia rebel forces entered a key town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling, the town’s mayor said, capturing new territory far from most of their battles with government troops. The town of Novoazovsk lies in a strategically significant location — on the Azov Sea and on the road...
Russia and Rebels Shell Town, Ukraine Says
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine—Heavy shelling hit a town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, the third day of an assault that has forced government troops to spread their ranks thinner along the Russian border. Ukraine claimed the shelling was coming both from pro-Russian separatists and from Russia itself. A meeting between the leaders of Ukraine and...
USA vs Slovenia: Final Score, Recap, Highlights for United States Basketball Game
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands—Anthony Davis scored 18 points and teamed with forward Kenneth Faried to dominate the inside, leading the U.S. national team to a 101-71 victory overSlovenia on Tuesday in its final exhibition game before the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. Faried finished with 14 points for the Americans, who next head to Bilbao, Spain...
Will Embargoes on Russia Spin France into Crisis?
PARIS—The recent events in Ukraine have led the European Union and the United States to impose economical sanctions on Russia. Deemed necessary by the French President François Hollande, these sanctions are meant as a strong signal to the Kremlin. The more military convoys Russia sends to Ukraine the more economical penalties will be imposed on...
Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Poroshenko Meet Face-to-Face
MINSK, Belarus—The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko were joined by the presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan and three senior officials...
Southeast Ukraine Shelled on Possible New Front
NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Towering columns of smoke rose Tuesday from outside a city in Ukraine’s far southeast after what residents said was a heavy artillery barrage. It was the second straight day that attacks were reported in the vicinity of Novoazovsk, which is in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk region but previously had seen...
