Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Fashion statement: Ukrainian troops debut post-Soviet uniforms
Ukraine’s military has taken its clash with neighboring Russia to a new level, debuting new “Western-style” uniforms that deliberately break with old Soviet sartorial motifs. The green camouflage uniform with a dark-green beret is modeled on British military styles. The cap includes an insignia of a Cossack, the traditional...
Did the New York Times get played in Paul Manafort scoop?
ANALYSIS/OPINION: As a journalist and writer, I have spent a great deal of time in Kiev, Ukraine. Last fall, I was introduced to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and its head, Artem Sytnyk, former chief investigator of the Kiev Oblast. I spent an hour visiting with his team … …read more Source: The Washington...
Vladimir Putin’s rumblings raise new fears of Ukraine conflict
Rumblings from Russian President Vladimir Putin and other top Moscow officials during recent days have set off new fears that the frozen conflict in Ukraine could be on the verge of dramatically heating up again. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow still hopes to pursue a final … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine puts troops along Crimean border on combat alert
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s president ordered the army to be on combat alert Thursday on the country’s de-facto border with Crimea and on the front line in eastern Ukraine following Moscow’s accusations that Ukraine sent in “saboteurs” to carry out attacks in Crimea. Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula from …...
Russia says 2 die in clashes with Ukrainian agents in Crimea
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that one of its agents and an army soldier were killed while fending off what it described as a series of attempted terror attacks by Ukrainian “saboteurs” in Crimea, a claim Ukrainian officials denied. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin condemned...
Donald Trump has a record of siding with Vladimir Putin on key issues
MOSCOW (AP) — Donald Trump has refused to condemn Russia’s military takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, saying if elected he would consider recognizing it as Russian territory, in the latest of a series of statements that have raised eyebrows about the Republican candidate’s intentions toward the Kremlin. “We’ll...
FBI deploys explosives experts to Kiev after car bomb kills Ukrainian journalist
The FBI will send investigators to Ukraine’s capital city after journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed Wednesday morning when a car bomb detonated in downtown Kiev. President Petro Poroshenko met with Ukrainian law enforcement officials shortly after the blast ripped through the city center early Wednesday and ordered the creation of …...
Russia plans for anti-aircraft system in Crimea to keep out NATO jets
Russia will permanently deploy an advanced air-defense system to Crimea next month as Moscow attempts to fortify the contested Black Sea peninsula from potential NATO intervention, officials said Friday. The S-400 “Triumph” anti-aircraft missile system will be installed on the coastal port of Feodosia in August, said Lt. Col. Eugene...
The Latest: Armenia, Ukraine, Swiss each report Nice death
NICE, France (AP) – The Latest on attack that killed 84 people in Nice (all times local): ___ 1:30 p.m. The foreign ministries of Armenia, Ukraine and Switzerland are reporting one of their citizens killed in Nice. Armenian officials first reported two deaths, but later said just one death was … …read more Source: The Washington...
The Latest: Iranian, Ukrainian among Istanbul attack victims
ISTANBUL (AP) – The Latest on the explosions at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Turkish officials say an Iranian and a Ukrainian are among victims of Istanbul airport attack. Tuesday’s attack at the city’s main Ataturk Airport killed 36 people and wounded scores of others. Turkish Prime …...
