Section: Time (USA)
Obama Says He Will ‘Never Forget’ Berlin Wall Fall
As people around the world celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Barack Obama said in a tweet that he will “never forget” the scenes of people reuniting with their families and entering “the free world.” “It was a reminder that walls of concrete and barbed wire are ultimately no match for the will of ordinary...
Ukraine Claims Russian Tanks Cross Into Rebel-Controlled Eastern Region
Ukraine’s military claimed on Friday that dozens of tanks and artillery systems had recently crossed from Russia into the country’s separatist-controlled eastern region as the brutal conflict continues. Kiev said 32 tanks and 16 howitzer artillery systems in addition to ammunition trucks and fighters had entered its eastern territory,...
Kremlin: Putin and Obama May Talk Next Week
(MOSCOW) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama may meet during international summits next week, although no talks have been officially planned. The two leaders last met in June, when they exchanged a few words during a ceremony in France marking the D-Day invasion anniversary. With Russia-West ties at...
Artillery Fire Kills Teens in Donetsk as Ukraine’s Ceasefire Breaks Down
Two teens were killed and four others wounded when an artillery shell hit a school in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region on Wednesday as a two-month truce between Kiev and pro-Russian militants appeared to be in collapse. The BBC reports that the shell struck a school sports field where children were playing soccer, near Donetsk airport. The...
Ceasefire fails and preparations for war begin
The shelling of Mariupol, a city on the front lines of the war in eastern Ukraine, resumed in earnest at the end of October, just as the country had finished electing a new parliament. It has not let up since. “Day and night, they have been bombing from two directions,” says Vasyl Arbuzov, an adviser to the local authorities in Mariupol,...
Former Aide Says Putin Has No Strategic Plans
At times during the past year Russian President Vladimir Putin has appeared to make somewhat sudden changes in policy as he has confronted the West over Ukraine and Russia’s influence in Eastern Europe. Earlier this year, for example, he publicly insisted the uniformed troops who began taking control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea in...
The White House Slams Separatist Elections in Southeastern Ukraine
The Obama Administration has condemned Russia-backed separatists in southeastern Ukraine for holding unauthorized elections and warned that the polls violated the fragile cease-fire deal signed by Kiev and Moscow during a meeting in Minsk last Sept. Organizers of the elections in Donetsk and Luhansk say that insurgent leaders from both cities...
Ukraine, Moscow Clinch Deal on Russian Gas Supply
(BRUSSELS) — Moscow and Kiev on Thursday clinched a multi-billion dollar deal that will guarantee that Russian gas exports flow into Ukraine and beyond to the European Union throughout the winter despite their intense rivalry over the fighting in eastern Ukraine. EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, whose offices mediated the talks for...
France Says Conditions Not Right to Deliver Warships to Russia
France said Thursday that it would not deliver either of the warships Russia has ordered because its conditions had not yet been met, according to Reuters. Russia ordered two Mistral class amphibious warfare ships in 2010. The first was due to be delivered this year, but President Francois Hollande said it would not happen because of...
NATO Accuses Russian Military Aircraft of Flagrantly Violating European Airspace
NATO officials have announced that an increasingly large number of Russian military aircraft have been tracked flying unannounced into European airspace this month — behavior that threatens to escalate the already taut relations between Moscow and the West. On Wednesday, NATO claimed to have monitored at least four groups of Russian military...
