Section: The Washington Times (USA)
President of Belarus inaugurated despite disputed election
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus assumed his sixth term of office Wednesday during an inauguration ceremony that officials did not announce in advance after weeks of mass protests against the authoritarian leader’s reelection, which opposition activists maintain was rigged. State news agency Beltra...
Russian military says US flights near Crimea fuel tensions
MOSCOW (AP) – The Russian military on Friday accused the U.S. and its allies of provoking tensions in the Black Sea region with a sharp increase in the number of bomber patrols and intelligence flights. Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi, head of the Russian General Staff’s main operational department, charged that the … …read more...
Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine and Belarus traded angry accusations Wednesday over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions. Ukraine’s presidential office urged Belarusian authorities to stop issuing misleading signals to the...
Joe Biden-Ukraine leaked audio goes viral
WASHINGTON — The leaked recordings were hardly a political bombshell: The apparent phone conversations between Joe Biden and Ukraine’s then-president largely confirm Biden’s account of his dealings in Ukraine. But the choppy audio, disclosed by a Ukrainian lawmaker whom U.S. officials described Thursday as an “active Russian...
Treasury sanctions Ukrainian official as Russian agent undermining U.S. election
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions Thursday on a member of Ukraine’s Parliament, an alleged Russian agent, for interfering in the U.S. presidential election, including efforts to undermine Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden. Treasury said Andrii Derkach “has directly or indirectly engaged in, sponsored, concealed, or otherwise...
Iran retrieves data, cockpit talk from downed Ukraine plane
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has retrieved some data, including a portion of cockpit conversations, from the Ukrainian jetliner accidentally downed by the Revolutionary Guard forces in January, killing all 176 people on board, an Iranian official said Sunday. That’s according to a report on the website of Iran’s Civil … …read...
Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine tighten regional cooperation
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine on Tuesday announced a new platform for increasing cooperation in security, economy, and political matters, as well as for fighting COVID-19. The foreign ministers of the three neighboring nations launched the so-called Lublin Triangle during their meeting in the eastern Polish …...
Igor Danchenko outed as Steele dossier source
The shadowy figure who funneled information to Christopher Steele for his notorious election-year dossier is Igor Danchenko, a Ukraine-born, Russian-educated researcher who worked in the U.S. and traveled to Moscow to find supposed dirt on candidate Donald Trump. Washington lawyer Mark E. Schamel told The New York Times that Mr. …...
Ceasefire in war-torn eastern Ukraine to begin at midnight
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian and rebel forces in war-torn eastern Ukraine have started preparing for a “full and comprehensive” ceasefire scheduled to begin at midnight on Monday. Rebel officials said Sunday they have instructed their troops about the ceasefire and issued a decree banning weapon use. Ukraine’s military …...
Igor Danchenko outed as Steele dossier source
The shadowy figure who funneled information to Christopher Steele for his notorious election year dossier is Igor Danchenko, a Ukraine-born, Russian-educated researcher who worked in the U.S. and traveled to Moscow to find supposed dirt on candidate Donald Trump. Washington attorney Mark E. Schamel told the New York Times that … …read...
