Section: U.S. News (USA)
Russian gets prison for painting star in Ukraine’s colors
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has sentenced a man to more than two years in prison for painting a star on the spire of a Moscow skyscraper in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Four co-defendants were acquitted. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine, Slovakia premiers condemn Nord Stream 2 project
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The prime ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine are condemning a recent deal to expand a pipeline that delivers natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. …read more Source: U.S....
Putin orders Russian military drills amid Ukraine tensions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian military units have been scrambled from their bases as part of snap drills ordered by President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of Russian war games amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions
PARIS (AP) — France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions. …read more Source: U.S....
IMF chief pleased with economic progress in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has told Ukraine’s president that she was impressed with the progress his government has made toward stabilizing the Ukrainian economy. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s president lauds renewed cease-fire in the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has lauded the renewed cease-fire in the east, saying that not a single Ukrainian soldier has died in fighting this week. …read more Source: U.S....
NATO opens military center in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia’s military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
2 parties stay within Ukraine’s governing coalition
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two parties in Ukraine’s governing coalition say that they won’t abandon the grouping amid intense disputes over a proposal to give more power to Ukraine’s regions, including the rebel-held east. …read more Source: U.S....
Parliamentary coalition in Ukraine shows cracks
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A right-wing party says it is leaving Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary coalition because it’s opposed to a constitutional amendment that would give greater powers to the rebel-held eastern region. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian kids go to military camp
STARE, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian schoolchildren will have unusual tales to tell their mates when classes resume, after spending part of their summer vacations undergoing training by the National Guard. …read more Source: U.S....
