Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Donald Trump campaign sided with Ukraine over Russia
To Trump campaign veterans, the stories surrounding the 2016 Republican Party platform debate on Ukraine have fed a myth as large as the Christopher Steele dossier’s unproven anti-Trump allegations. The narrative has arisen again. The New York Times reported that the FBI opened an inquiry in May 2017 into whether … …read more...
Ukraine FM: Russia will do everything to break up
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) – The Ukrainian foreign minister says Russia “will be doing everything to break up Ukraine, somehow to divide Ukraine further.” Pavlo Klimkin says Moscow doesn’t want “to have a free and democratic Ukraine as such” and his country needs “military, political and economic support to...
Official: Ukraine plans another naval foray into Sea of Azov
MOSCOW (AP) – Ukraine plans to again send its warships into the Sea of Azov, a top Ukrainian official said, a move that could set the stage for another clash with Russia. Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, said in an interview with the BBC … …read more Source: The Washington...
U.S., Canada demand release of Ukrainian sailors held by Russia
Top American and Canadian officials on Friday called for the release of several Ukrainian sailors currently being detained by Russia, demanding Moscow cease its aggressive actions in Eastern Europe. Officials from both countries “expressed their condemnation of Russia’s harassment in the Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait,” where...
EU slaps sanctions on breakaway Ukraine officials
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union is slapping sanctions on nine more people over “illegal” elections in eastern Ukraine last month, while it weighs how to help Kiev in its Black Sea standoff with Russia. EU foreign ministers on Monday imposed asset freezes and travel bans on the nine local … …read more Source: The...
Pentagon reveals US observation flight over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says a U.S. Air Force plane flew a special observation flight over Ukraine in a show of solidarity after Ukraine’s naval confrontation with Russia. In a statement, the Pentagon called it an “extraordinary” flight Thursday under the Open Skies Treaty, which is an international accord …...
U.S. warns Russia with ‘extraordinary flight’ over Ukraine
Blasting Russia’s “dangerous escalation” in the region, U.S. planes on Thursday conducted an “extraordinary flight” over Ukraine in what Pentagon officials cast as a blunt warning to Moscow. The flights come as a direct response to last week’s incident in the Kerch Strait, which saw Russian forces fire on...
Ukraine foreign minister demands sailors’ release by Russia
MILAN (AP) – Ukraine’s foreign minister is demanding the release and safe return of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured by Russian military forces in the Black Sea. Pavlo Klimkin told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Thursday that even though Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 …...
Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says local Orthodox communities will gather for a summit next week that is expected to form a new, independent Ukrainian church. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Istanbul-based institution that serves as a center of the global Eastern Orthodox faith, has drafted...
Ukrainian authorities: We thwarted ‘massive’ cyberattack
MINSK, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian authorities say they’ve thwarted a huge cyberattack and are blaming Russia for the alleged digital assault as tensions between the two countries have flared. The Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement that hackers used malicious accounting documents to target the information technology systems...
