Section: U.S. News (USA)
Report: Ex-Georgian leader named governor of Ukraine region
MOSCOW (AP) — Local news reports say former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili has been appointed governor of Ukraine’s troubled Odessa region. …read more Source: U.S....
Biden defends US cooperation on Russia amid Ukraine tensions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is defending U.S. efforts to cooperate with Russia on Iran and other issues at the same time Obama administration is trying to punish Moscow for its actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
TV showdown in Ukraine highlights press freedom anxieties
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Crunch time is coming in a Ukrainian showdown that may yield clues into an increasingly asked question: How free is the press in Ukraine as it fights to stay out of Russia’s orbit? …read more Source: U.S....
Russia says it has no access to men detained in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s embassy in Ukraine says it has still not been given access to two Russian citizens detained earlier this month on suspicion of fighting alongside separatists in the eastern region of Luhansk. …read more Source: U.S....
Rebel commander reported killed in east Ukraine car bombing
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies have reported the killing of a prominent separatist commander in eastern Ukraine when his vehicle was ripped apart by a bomb and then strafed by gunfire. …read more Source: U.S....
EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern summit
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — The European Union offered more money and the promise of visa-free travel to some post-communist nations Friday in an East-West partnership that has tempered its ambitions after Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine open to hosting missile defense system
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian security official says his country is open to placing a ballistic missile-defense system in Ukraine to ward off the potential risk of attacks from Russia. …read more Source: U.S....
Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Representatives of Amnesty International and the OSCE have visited the two captured fighters whom Ukraine claims are Russian soldiers in a Kiev hospital. …read more Source: U.S....
