Section: The News Tribune (USA)
Ukraine’s ousted president testifies in court
Ukraine’s ousted president has testified in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators, and denied giving orders for them to shoot at … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Russia protests Ukraine’s missile training over Crimea
Russia’s defense ministry has presented the Ukrainian military attaché with a note of protest in reaction to Ukraine’s plans to conduct training launches of missiles over Crimea next week. Russian … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine says it’s ready to resume gas purchases from Russia
Ukraine’s state-owned energy company says it’s ready to resume gas purchases from Russia. The statement was released several hours after the Russian energy minister and the European Union’s energy chief … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ex-Ukrainian president testimony postponed
Video testimony by Ukraine’s ousted president has been postponed in the trial of five former special forces policemen charged with fatally shooting scores of demonstrators. The shootings in February 2014 … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
PSCE reports spike in Ukraine cease-fire violations
The international monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine says it has recorded a sharp rise in cease-fire violations following several days of lower activity. The monitoring mission of the Organization for … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Ukraine seeks EU support for Russia sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pressing top European Union officials to keep sanctions pressure up on Russia while the EU seeks reassurance that Ukraine is doing its utmost to battle … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Russia arrests retired officer accused of spying for Ukraine
Russia’s domestic security agency says it has arrested a retired navy officer in Crimea accused of spying for Ukraine. The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Leonid Parkhomenko was gathering … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Germany, France propose Ukraine meeting in Minsk next week
Germany’s foreign minister says he and his French counterpart have proposed a meeting next Tuesday with their Russian and Ukrainian colleagues to discuss peace efforts in eastern Ukraine. Frank-Walter Steinmeier … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Obama, Russia’s Putin speak at economic summit in Peru
President Barack Obama spoke briefly with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and Ukraine on Sunday as an economic summit got under way in Peru, in their first known conversation … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
The Latest: Obama, Putin discuss Syria conflict, Ukraine
The Latest on President Barack Obama’s final official foreign trip (all times local): 12:10 p.m. The White House says President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...