Section: U.S. News (USA)
Cash cut to Ukraine rebel areas in risky strategy
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — For hours, small crowds in Donetsk huddle hopefully in the cold around cash machines that never get filled, as artillery rumbles in the distance. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s Facebook revolution, 1 year later
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s revolution began with a status update on Facebook. …read more Source: U.S....
Biden Wants Russia to Uphold East Ukraine Truce
In visit to Ukraine, vice president tells Russia to stay down. …read more Source: U.S....
UN: Deaths keep rising in Ukraine, now over 4,300
GENEVA (AP) — The fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 300 people in the past month despite a cease-fire and has violated people’s rights so much it could amount to war crimes, U.N. rights investigators said Thursday. …read more Source: U.S....
Corruption saps enthusiasm for east Ukraine rebels
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — As battle raged in rebellion-wracked eastern Ukraine, cargo trains piled high with coal thundered along rail tracks to keep heating and power going to households in rebel-held territory. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia warns of military assault on the east
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: U.S....
Top German diplomat meets with Putin on Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on the Ukraine crisis after the Russian president invited him to the Kremlin at the last minute before he headed back to Berlin. …read more Source: U.S....
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday urged the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect their cease-fire agreement, which has helped to halt ground combat but failed to stop daily artillery exchanges. …read more Source: U.S....
Activist Blames Edward Snowden for Rise of ISIS, Ukraine War
Kassig murder ‘more blood on the hands of Edward Snowden,’ Cliff Kincaid claims. …read more Source: U.S....
