Section: Voice of America (USA)
Isight: Russian Hackers Target NATO, Ukraine and Others
Russian hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and companies in the energy and telecommunications sectors, according to cyber intelligence firm iSight Partners. ISight said it did not know what data had been found by the hackers, though it suspected they were...
Violent Clashes Mark Day of Ukrainian Cossacks in Kyiv – October 14, 2014
Radical protesters, demanding the release of political prisoners in Ukraine, clashed on Tuesday with Interior Ministry and law enforcement members during a rally for Day of Ukrainian Cossacks near the parliament building in Kyiv, Oct. 14, 2014. The day is marked by activists and supporters of the All-Ukrainian Union Svoboda (Freedom) Party and...
Ukraine Parliament Approves New Defense Chief
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a new defense minister – the fourth change in leadership since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March. The head of Ukraine’s National Guard, Stepan Poltorak, will take over for Valeriy Heletey, who resigned amid heavy criticism for the crushing defeat of Ukrainian forces east of Donetsk in...
Dutch Experts, Investigators Return to MH17 Crash Site
Dutch officials returned to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday in a new bid to recover the human remains and personal belongings of the nearly 300 people killed aboard the downed plane. Four observers from the Netherlands joined representatives from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Kerry, Fabius Discuss Global Threats, Regional Issues
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met in Paris Monday night discussing what a senior State Department official described as a full range of issues the two countries work on together as close and longstanding allies. According the official, during their 90-minute meeting, Kerry and Fabius discussed the...
Australia’s PM to Confront Putin on MH17 Downing
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that he plans to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin on the downing in July of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 during a summit in Brisbane next month. “Look, I’m going to shirtfront Mr. Putin — you bet I am,” Abbott told reporters Monday using a term used to describe aggressive...
Putin Orders Russian Troops Away From Ukrainian Border
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered more than 17,000 troops to withdraw from an area near the Ukrainian border as he prepares to meet with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. A Kremlin spokesman said the Russian troops spent the past few months training in the Rostov region, which is located across the border from the areas in...
Ukraine, Russian Presidents to Meet in Bid to End Crisis
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week in Italy for talks on a peace plan for eastern Ukraine and an ongoing natural gas dispute. Poroshenko, speaking Saturday, said the talks will take place on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe summit in Milan, and are likely to include the...
Russia’s Putin Addresses CIS Summit Overshadowed by Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin — embroiled in an a bitter standoff with Western governments over Ukraine — said his country does not oppose moves by ex-Soviet states to establish closer economic ties with the West. But he told leaders of 11 Commonwealth of Independent States on Friday that he faults member-states for not considering...
Ukraine President Signs Key Anti-Graft Legislation
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday signed anti-graft legislation that Kyiv says could see hundreds of thousands of civil servants lose their jobs if found to have links with past Soviet or pro-Russian governments. The so-called “lustration” bill aims to remove any civil servant who held a federal or regional government...
