Section: The Washington Times (USA)
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town. The mood was celebratory, with fighters laughing, hugging each other and posing for photos. Associated Press journalists drove Thursday around about half …...
CHRISTOPHER HARPER: Citizen journalist scoops war news from home in England
ANALYSIS/OPINION: As Syria and Iraq have become increasingly dangerous for reporters, a citizen journalist has provided extraordinary information from his laptop in England about what is happening in the Middle East and in other dangerous locales, such as Ukraine. Without any journalistic training, Eliot Higgins, who lives in Leicester, has...
Russia’s advanced anti-aircraft artillery system in Ukraine; U.K. releases SA-22 photos
The United Kingdom released images Wednesday of Russian SA-22 surface-to-air missile systems that have been spotted in Ukraine. The U.K. Joint Delegation to NATO tweeted the photos Wednesday, adding that the artillery systems were “more proof of direct Russian military involvement in the conflict.” Adam Thomson, British ambassador...
Pro-Russia separatists ignore Ukraine cease-fire deadline, push deeper into Debaltseve
Russian-backed separatists kept up a barrage of shelling and made strategic territorial gains in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as a key cease-fire deadline came and went, triggering fresh speculation that Moscow hopes to carve out a land bridge to the Crimean Peninsula before Western powers take a military stand in … …read more Source:...
John McCain, Lindsey Graham blast Obama administration’s waffling on arming Ukraine
Two influential Republican national security hawks in the Senate hammered the Obama administration’s failure to take a more aggressive posture toward the war in eastern Ukraine Tuesday, asserting that the White House should “immediately” authorize the shipment of U.S. weapons to the Ukrainian military. “The Chancellor of...
Ukraine army, rebels miss deadline to start weapons pullback
LUHANSKE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels failed Tuesday to start pulling back heavy weaponry from the front line in eastern Ukraine as a deadline passed to do so. Under a cease-fire agreement negotiated by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France last week, the warring … …read more...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating cease-fire
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels accused each other Monday of violating a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day before the parties are due to start withdrawing heavy weaponry under a recently brokered deal. The cease-fire, which went into effect on Sunday, had raised cautious hopes … …read...
Ukraine-Russia cease-fire jeopardized by continued fighting around Debaltseve
Continued fighting Sunday around a key transport hub in eastern Ukraine threatened to derail the delicate cease-fire that went into effect over the weekend between Ukraine’s military and Russian-backed separatists. However, European leaders noted that the guns had gone silent in most other areas of the nation and expressed hope …...
Ukraine cease-fire largely holding, Debaltseve still tense
LUHANSKE, Ukraine (AP) – A cease-fire that went into effect Sunday in eastern Ukraine appeared largely to be holding, officials said, except for around the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve. Heavy fog shrouding sodden fields muffled the sound of artillery, but regular shelling could still be heard Sunday from Luhanske, … …read...
Fierce fighting in Ukraine as cease-fire deadline approaches
SVITLODARSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists rocketed each other with heavy artillery fire Saturday — shelling that extended far beyond any front lines — as the hours ticked down to a cease-fire that was supposed to start at midnight. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared he would consider imposing …...
