Section: U.S. News (USA)
Ukraine rebels seen withdrawing heavy weapons front line
NOVOAMVROSIIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — Separatist fighters in east Ukraine have moved rocket launchers to a location 70 kilometers (43 miles) back from the front line with government troops in the first confirmed compliance with a cease-fire agreed earlier this month. …read more Source: U.S....
Reports: Ukraine says it paid $15 million for Russian gas
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz says that it has paid $15 million for another month of Russian gas after fears escalated that Moscow could cut off supplies. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine Says It’s Withdrawing Weapons Amid Tepid Cease-Fire
The move offers hope the agreement could yet take hold. …read more Source: U.S....
Poland to help train Ukrainian military instructors
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says Poland will help train Ukrainian military instructors in Ukraine, in a NATO response to Kiev’s request for military assistance. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia could cut off gas to Ukraine by ‘end of week’
MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for the Russian gas giant Gazprom says the company could cut off supplies to neighboring Ukraine by the end of the week, barring further payments. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian FM: Ukraine’s demand of full cease-fire ‘ridiculous’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is sharply criticizing Ukraine’s insistence that it won’t begin pulling back heavy weapons in its fight against separatists in the east until the rebels fully observe a cease-fire. …read more Source: U.S....
US mulling lethal aid to Ukraine; Russian response a concern
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. defense leaders are telling Congress that the Obama administration is still debating whether to provide lethal, defensive weapons to Ukraine. They expressed concern that such aid would only escalate Russia’s military campaign there. …read more Source: U.S....
Russian court refuses to release Ukrainian prisoner
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has refused to release a Ukrainian prisoner whose fate has attracted global attention. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian military: attacks down, but not yet a cease-fire
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says rebel violations of a cease-fire in the country’s east are persisting, but have fallen off in recent days. …read more Source: U.S....
Paris Meeting on Ukraine Is Inconclusive as Ceasefire Struggles
Leaders from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine discussed the ongoing conflict. …read more Source: U.S....
