Section: WAVE 3 News (USA)
Obama backs bill imposing new sanctions on Russia
President Barack Obama will sign legislation imposing new economic sanctions on Russia, the White House said Tuesday, as the U.S. claimed some credit for sparking Moscow’s roiling currency crisis and moved to deepen… …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Obama to sign Russia sanctions legislation
President Barack Obama will sign legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia and providing weapons and other aid to Ukraine despite White House concerns that military assistance will further escalate the conflict, the… …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Dems, GOP press Obama to back Russian sanctions
Republicans and Democrats spoke with one voice on Monday in pressing President Barack Obama to sign legislation that would slap new sanctions on Russia while providing weapons and other assistance to Ukraine. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Ukraine: Truce results in 1st casualty-free day
Ukraine’s president said Friday that a fragile truce between his government’s troops and Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine had resulted in the first day free of deaths or injuries for his soldiers since… …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Ukraine parliament approves new government
Ukraine’s parliament has approved the formation of a new government, bringing an end to weeks of behind-the-scenes political wrangling following an October election that ushered in a group of ardently pro-Western parties. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new cease-fire. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Workers finish recovering MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
Workers have finished recovering wreckage from the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, more than four months after the passenger jet was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Russia blasts Ukraine for payment freeze
Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Russia warns of military assault on the east
Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Tough stances from Putin, Merkel over Ukraine
The leaders of Russia and Germany squared off over Ukraine from opposite sides of the globe, with Vladimir Putin warning that Moscow will not accept a defeat for the pro-Russian rebels and Angela Merkel accusing the… …read more Source: WAVE 3...
