Section: Townhall (USA)
Ukraine’s leader urges peacekeeping mission for the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has a signed a decree opening the way to a formal request for international peacekeepers to be stationed… …read more Source:...
UN rights office: Death toll in eastern Ukraine passes 6,000
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says more than 6,000 people have died in eastern Ukraine since the start of the conflict almost a year… …read more Source:...
Kerry, Russian FM meet in Geneva as Ukraine tensions simmer
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting his Russian counterpart for likely highly contentious talks amid continuing tensions… …read more Source:...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine displaces Donetsk’s soccer team
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sleek stadium, built six years ago and host to some of Europe’s biggest soccer matches, is silent. It sits in the middle… …read more Source:...
Russia detains Ukrainian parliament member over Odessa fire
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow police have detained a member of Ukraine’s parliament as he was taking part in a march mourning a slain Russian opposition… …read more Source:...
Ukraine military says rebels using truce to regroup
KIEV(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Sunday a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist territories overnight, but warned… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s new US-born finance chief enduring baptism by fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — War-torn Ukraine is a long way from Wood Dale, Illinois.But Natalie Jaresko, the country’s new finance minister who was born… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian photojournalist killed in shelling in restive east
ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian photojournalist has been killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine.Serhiy Nikolayev, a staff photographer for… …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis seen softening political ground for foreign farm land sales
By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The crisis in Ukraine looks set to trigger major changes in its vast agricultural… …read more Source:...
8 Spaniards arrested on suspicions of fighting in Ukraine
MADRID (AP) — Police say they have arrested eight Spaniards suspected of fighting on the pro-Russian side in eastern Ukraine.A police statement… …read more Source:...
