Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Ukraine expands ban on Russian goods with meat, vodka embargo
Ukraine has expanded a list of Russian items banned from being brought into the country as sanctions imposed by the United States and western allies are reported to be having more of an impact on Moscow that previously predicted. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Monday unveiled a list containing 43 … …read more Source: The...
Ukraine desperate for U.S. surveillance equipment in standoff with Russia
When Ukraine’s border defense forces look east and south, they see nothing but Russian trouble. Yet for one of the world’s most dangerous stretches of territory, the Ukrainians are woefully short of devices to spy on the other side to anticipate the next attack and spot intruders. Pockets of pro-Moscow … …read more Source:...
Coca-Cola apologizes for including Crimea as part of Russia
Coca-Cola has apologized to Ukraine after the soft-drink giant shared a map on social media that showed Crimea as part of Russia, seemingly accepting Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the peninsula which has largely gone unrecognized in the West. The group director of Coke’s D.C. office visited the Ukrainian Embassy on … …read...
U.S. officials look toward Russia while investigating cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid – report
Intelligence officials in Washington have reportedly begun investigating claims that Russian hackers launched a cyberattack last month that targeted the electrical grid in neighboring Ukraine. As many as 700,000 Ukrainian households lost power for several hours in late December as the result of an apparent cyberattack, and sources familiar with...
The Latest: Ukraine says no one speaks out against sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The latest on North Korea’s announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times Seoul): 3:41 a.m. Thursday Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador says no member of the U.N. security Council spoke out against imposing new sanctions against North Korea during the council’s closed-door...
Ukraine revolution ousted pro-Russia government, but ‘cancer of corruption’ remains
KIEV, Ukraine — As the country prepares to mark — “celebrate” seems much too strong a word — the second anniversary of its democratic revolution, many Ukrainians say they feel the country took a wrong turn after the dramatic, bloody uprising that ousted their pro-Russian government. It was two years … …read more Source:...
L. TODD WOOD: Vladimir Putin admits Russian troops were in East Ukraine
A few days after Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip to the tsar’s court in Moscow, several obvious things have happened. Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that Russian troops were in East Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund has declared the $3 billion bond Ukraine owes to Russia as “official,” …...
U.S. church collecting supplies for Ukrainian fighters
A Washington-area Ukrainian Catholic Church will be setting up an unusual table at its annual Christmas bazaar this weekend — a collection point for supplies for Ukrainian troops battling Russian-backed separatists in the old country. The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church of Silver Spring, Md., says it will accept “new …...
Ukraine preps for trade ban between mainland and Crimea
Government officials in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, have imposed a trade ban that for now will put a pause on goods going to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia last year that has since become a focal point for the rift between both nations. “At my suggestion, the … …read more Source: The Washington...
Vladimir Putin’s help in Islamic State fight seen likely to come with strings attached
Western sanctions and international outrage over the invasion of Ukraine were supposed to leave Russian President Vladimir Putin isolated and weakened on the world stage, but that was before the surge of international attacks by the Islamic State found President Obama and other Western leaders suddenly in need of Moscow’s …...
