Section: Voice of America (USA)
German-Russian Pipeline Project Takes Shape Amid US Protest
Sparks fly and machines whir as workers busily prepare thousands of steel pipes that will become part of a vast undersea pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany’s northeastern Baltic coast. The Nord Stream 2 project will double the amount of natural gas Russia can funnel directly to the heart of Europe from newly tapped reserves in...
Millions Face Food Insecurity, TB Outbreak in Eastern Ukraine Fighting
Nearly 3.5 million people caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, which says its assistance program has received a fraction of the funding it needs. Populations live under the constant threat of artillery and gun fire, mines and unexploded ordinance, and now face growing food...
Millions Face Food Insecurity and TB Outbreak In Eastern Ukraine
Close to 3.5 million people caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid according to the United Nations. Populations caught in the crossfire now face growing food insecurity and outbreaks of diseases like tuberculosis. For VOA, Henry Ridgwell visited the front line earlier this week. …read more Source: Voice...
Moscow Formally Protests Journalist’s Arrest in Ukraine
Moscow is protesting the arrest of a journalist in Ukraine, and the Council of Europe and other human rights groups have expressed concern. Ukraine’s domestic security agency, the SBU, detained Kirill Vyshinskiy, the head of the Ukraine office of Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, on treason charges. His arrest followed SBU raids of...
Russian Bikers, Crimeans Cross ‘Putin’s Bridge’ in Inaugural Drive
Leather-clad bikers with Russian national flags joined motorists driving for the first time across a newly-opened bridge linking Crimea with Russia on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday unveiled the new bridge to the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. He chatted to workmen in overalls and drove a heavy,...
US Envoy Visits Ukraine Frontlines
Ukraine’s war with Russian-backed separatist rebels in the east is entering its fifth year. Since February, there has been an uptick in fighting along the 450-kilometer contact line. The United States’ Special Envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, along with U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, took a trip to the front lines Tuesday to witness...
US Envoy to Ukraine Anticipates Russian Return to Talks
Amid rumors among Russian media outlets that Moscow’s top envoy to Ukrainian peace negotiations has resigned, the top U.S. interlocutor says he expects Russia to return to the table with a peacekeeping proposal. U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, who last met with his Russian counterpart Vladislav Surkov in...
US Special Envoy at Ukraine Frontlines
Ukraine’s war with Russian-backed separatist rebels in the east of the country is entering its fifth year. Since February, there has been an uptick in fighting along the 450-kilometer contact line. VOA joined the United States’ Special Envoy for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, along with U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch on a trip...
Ukraine Raids Russian Media Outlets, Arrests Journalist
Ukraine’s state security agency raided offices of two Russian state-owned media outlets in the Ukrainian capital Tuesday and leveled treason accusations against a journalist, a move that drew sharp criticism from the top trans-Atlantic security and rights group. Ukraine’s domestic security agency, the SBU, said the raids of the Kyiv...
Putin: New Weapons Will Maintain Russia’s Might for Decades
Russia’s new weapons, including an array of new nuclear systems, will ensure the country’s security for decades to come, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a meeting with top military brass. Speaking in Sochi, Putin said the new systems unveiled this year would significantly increase Russia’s military capabilities and...
