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Report: Eastern Ukraine Flooded With Russian-Made Weapons
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have employed at least 21 weapons and vehicles that were not previously found in the country, according to an arms research company, bolstering claims that Russia has equipped the rebels. The weapons—all but one of which came from Russia—include man-portable air defense systems (MANPADs), rocket...
Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Democrats Split With Obama On Putin
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EXCLUSIVE: Here Are the ‘Defensive Weapons’ the Obama Administration May Send to Help Ukraine
While reporting in Ukraine, I spoke to the leader of a volunteer organization who praised the Western sanctions regime against Russia, but argued they weren’t sufficient to defeat the invading forces on Ukraine’s eastern border. “You can’t win a war with sanctions,” he said. “Modern weapons win wars.” It was reminiscent of...
Military Commanders to Obama: Arm U.S. Allies
Top U.S. military commanders in both Europe and the Middle East support meeting the requests of allied forces for weapons that President Barack Obama has so far denied, according to reports. Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO’s military commander, now backs the provision of “defensive weapons” to Ukraine’s military, which has been devastated...
Ukraine Rebels Plan Call-Up, Want 100,000-Strong Army
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Separatists battling government troops in east Ukraine plan a general mobilization and aim to boost their fighting force to 100,000 men, one of their main leaders said on Monday. Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying the...
Ukraine Peace Talks Aborted as Civilians Die in East
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Andrei Makhovsky DONETSK, Ukraine/MINSK (Reuters) – Civilians were killed on both sides in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine on Friday, while an attempt to reopen peace talks in neighboring Belarus was aborted before it began. Rebel delegates flew to the Belarus capital Minsk, only to announce that no talks would take...
Obama Won’t Arm Ukrainian Military as Putin Seizes Ground
The Obama administration continues to resist appeals by U.S. lawmakers to provide lethal aid to Ukraine’s beleaguered military, even as deaths mount in the government’s conflict with pro-Russian separatists. The separatists, who Obama and other U.S. officials say are backed by Russian financing, weapons, and troops, forced Ukrainian...
Pro-Russian Forces Seize More Terrain in Ukraine
Nearly one year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the crisis continues to deepen between Russian and Ukrainian forces over control of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army withdrew last week from the badly damaged Donetsk airport, one of its few remaining strongholds in the contested eastern portion of the country. A rocket attack on...
This Is What a Grassroots Army Looks Like
KYIV—It is quarter to midnight on the last night of 2014, and the mass of people pouring out of the Metro station near Sophia Square in the Ukrainian capital is so colorfully adorned it is almost unsettling. One of the more jarring aspects of Kyiv, for a first-time visitor like myself, is the strict black/gray monotony of local dress. On this...
McCain: ‘Delusion’ That Iran Deal Will Lead to Cooperation, ‘The Iranians Are on The March’
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