Section: U.S. News (USA)
Senate to vote on defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite objections from the White House, the Senate is poised to pass a $612 billion defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. …read more Source: U.S....
US, EU ready tough Russia sanctions, in case they’re needed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Europe have prepared a new round of penalties against Russia for delivering an immediate response if Russian-backed rebels push deeper into Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukrainian banker wanted by Kiev arrested in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested a Ukrainian banker wanted on an international arrest warrant alleging financial crimes in his native country. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s military this year alone will receive 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of piercing any missile defenses, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday in a blunt reminder of the nation’s nuclear might amid tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
In east Ukraine psychiatric ward, war deepens mental wounds
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Whenever the bombs fell, the men and women in the psychiatric ward would huddle in terror around fellow patient Valentina Izotova, a stout, maternal-looking woman, and she would read to them from her favorite book. They hardly understood a word, but her voice soothed them. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s artillery duels again take toll on civilians
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Crackling forth over radio, the voice ordered tanks to take position in a residential area in Donetsk, the stronghold of separatist rebels in east Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine says 6 servicemen killed in fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s military says six of its servicemen have been killed and another 14 wounded in fighting over the past day, one of the highest casualty tolls reported in a single day since an often-violated cease-fire was called more than three months ago. …read more Source: U.S....
Caught in the middle: War in Ukraine creates no man’s lands
KATERYNIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — A single crack of an automatic rifle shattered the tomb-like silence of this no-man’s-land village in east Ukraine. The gunshot, fired in error by a jumpy soldier, sent government border guard troops on patrol this week scrambling to brace against the ambush they expect every time they venture into Katerynivka....
Russia steps up military modernization _ but at what cost?
NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (AP) — It has a remote-controlled turret, it bristles with state-of-the-art defense systems and its computerized controls make driving it “feel like a video game.” Russia’s Armata tank, which its creator says can be turned into a fully robotic combat vehicle, is the crowning glory of a sweeping military...
Educated Ukrainians flee east Ukraine for new lives in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Alesya Bolot worked for a contemporary arts foundation that converted an abandoned factory into a mecca for young and bright people with daring ideas. Vibrant and cosmopolitan, the 27-year-old would not look out of place in a gallery in New York. …read more Source: U.S....
