Section: U.S. News (USA)
Ukraine’s disabled condemned to life in institutions
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. …read more Source: U.S....
Former ally of deposed Ukrainian president found shot dead
MOSCOW (AP) — A former ally of deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been found shot to death in his home in Kiev. …read more Source: U.S....
Fighting in eastern Ukraine rages on overnight despite talks
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting is still raging on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite peace talks this week. …read more Source: U.S....
German FM: Russia’s return to G-8 depends on Ukraine deal
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says Russia’s return to the top diplomatic table depends on the success of a peace initiative for Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Fighting picks up in war-torn eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: U.S....
Chechen commander in Ukraine drawn into Russian intrigue
LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — From a dimly lit room at his base in eastern Ukraine, the commander of a battalion of Chechens fighting Russia-backed rebels looked shaken as TV broadcast news of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s slaying. Adam Osmayev hailed Nemtsov as a “true hero” both for condemning Russia’s war...
Amnesty says Ukraine rebels executed government soldiers
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Amnesty International says it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine executed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source: U.S....
Russia’s Round 2: A New Conflict in Eastern Europe?
A year of chaos in Ukraine has given Vladimir Putin plenty of practice in undermining the West. …read more Source: U.S....
Misery, tuberculosis in prisons of war-torn east Ukraine
ZHDANIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The colony of cats living on the grounds of the Zhdanivka penitentiary disappeared when battles in east Ukraine peaked. Talk in the prison is that inmates ate them when food deliveries stopped. …read more Source: U.S....
Czech president, US envoy in rare public spat over Ukraine
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador to Prague are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade, and the country’s prime minister together with Czech lawmakers are siding with the American. …read more Source: U.S....
