Section: U.S. News (USA)
Bowler throws grenade instead of ball in Ukraine, 2 injured
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people have been injured while bowling in a rebel-controlled area of east Ukraine after a player rolled a grenade instead of a ball. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine requests UN peacekeeping mission
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has placed a formal request with the United Nations for a peacekeeping mission to be deployed in its eastern regions, where a cease-fire between government and Russian-backed separatist forces is in place. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine’s grinding war stains innocence of childhood
KHARTSYZK, Ukraine (AP) — Seryozha colors in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war. …read more Source: U.S....
Kremlin says Ukraine moving too slowly to fulfill peace deal
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman is accusing Ukraine of dragging its feet on implementing last month’s peace deal. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine expects $5B loan from IMF in ‘coming days’
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s finance minister says the country is expecting to receive $5 billion in credit from the International Monetary Fund in the coming days— the first in a sought-for series of bailout loans the government hopes will keep Ukraine from an economic meltdown. …read more Source: U.S....
US to send more aid, small drones to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say Vice President Joe Biden is telling the Ukraine president that the U.S. will send more aid to the country. That will include small drones and armored Humvees. …read more Source: U.S....
US unveils more sanctions related to Russia-Ukraine conflict
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is slapping new sanctions on several individuals and entities involved in supporting Russian-backed separatists seeking to destabilize eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....
Embattled Ukrainian town struggles to come back to life
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — When the wind picks up, the rattle of the corrugated iron roof of a destroyed gas station can sound like artillery. Four charred tanks sit stranded nearby, machine oil splattered on the ground, while a pick-up truck lies on its side surrounded by shrapnel. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine president says arms withdrawal almost complete
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal. …read more Source: U.S....
German ambassador: Obama agreed not to send arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top German diplomat says the United States has agreed not to provide Ukraine with lethal defensive aide for the time being. …read more Source: U.S....
