Section: The New York Times (USA)
Battle Tested, Ukraine Troops Now Get U.S. Basic Training
After months on the front lines, Ukrainian National Guard members are being trained in basic skills as part of a $19 million American military effort. …read more Source: The New York...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Leader Gives War’s Grim Toll
Nearly 7,000 civilians have been killed in the war in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists since fighting erupted last year. …read more Source: The New York...
Poland’s World War II Ceremonies Lose Some Edge as Tensions With Russia Ebb
A commemoration in Poland was originally billed as a Western alternative to a military parade planned by Vladimir V. Putin, but with a cease-fire in Ukraine, few want to pointedly snub him. …read more Source: The New York...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Soldiers Die in Strife in the Separatist East
Five soldiers had been killed and 12 wounded in fighting in the separatist east, casting further doubt on the prospects for a months-old cease-fire that has never fully taken hold. …read more Source: The New York...
Judge Rebufs U.S. in Rejecting Extradition of Ukraine Billionaire
Lawyers for Dmitry V. Firtash, who is accused of bribery, said his arrest was politically motivated in pursuit of American foreign policy interests. …read more Source: The New York...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Russia Seizes Leader’s Assets
Roshen, the confectionary company owned by President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine, says that assets of the company worth $39 million in Lipetsk, Russia, have been seized this week by the Russian authorities …read more Source: The New York...
As U.S. Presses for Extradition of Ukrainian Magnate, His Lawyers Cry Foul
Dmitry V. Firtash’s lawyers argue that his arrest — on charges of bribes in India — was a bid by the United States to remove him from public life in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine Separatists Rewrite History of 1930s Famine
New texts give a sanitized version of what historians have called genocide, describing the famine as a tragedy that befell all of the Soviet Union. …read more Source: The New York...
Progress Reported in Malaysian Plane Shootdown Inquiry
All but two of the victims in the downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine last summer have been identified, the Netherlands foreign minister said. …read more Source: The New York...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Aiming for E.U. Membership
President Petro O. Poroshenko said Monday at a high-level meeting with European Union officials that Ukraine would be able to meet the conditions to apply for membership. …read more Source: The New York...
