Tag: Ukraine

WEX BackStory: Obama’s legacy-defining moment

Ed Sykes · August 11, 2014 6:47 pm

Dutch push Ukraine plane disaster inquiries

Dutch push Ukraine plane disaster inquiries

Toby Sterling · August 11, 2014 2:29 pm

FILE - This is a Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, and U.S. actor Steven Seagal, left, as they watch the first Russian national championship of mixed martial arts in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. The Russian news RIA Novosti says American actor Steven Seagal has performed at a concert in the breakaway region of Crimea on a stage decorated with the flag of pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. Seagal, who knows Russian President Vladimir Putin, performed Saturday Aug. 9, 2014 in the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol at a concert organized by a motorcycle gang of Russian nationalists known as the Night Wolves. Russia annexed the Ukrainian region in March.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, File)

Report: US actor Steven Seagal performs in Crimea

Associated Press · August 10, 2014 6:44 pm

Ukrainian fire fighters have a break as they put out the fire at the destroyed building after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels there for a cease-fire to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe." One person was killed and 10 injured in shelling that started early Sunday morning and continued into the day, city council spokesman Maxim Rovinsky told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine demands that rebels in Donetsk surrender

Yuras Karmanau · August 10, 2014 5:01 pm

New Ukrainian rebel leader gives Moscow distance

Yuras Karmanau · August 8, 2014 7:38 pm

A local woman works on her window after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. At least three civilians have been killed and another 10 wounded in overnight shelling of the main rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine besieged by government forces, officials said. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

National Security

US warns Russia against intervention in Ukraine

Edith Lederer · August 8, 2014 5:58 pm

Dutch experts identify 23 Ukraine plane victims

Toby Sterling · August 8, 2014 3:27 pm

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane sits on tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Malaysia's state investment company said Friday it plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country's stock exchange before carrying out a far-reaching overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia Airlines revamp: New start or false hope?

Kelvin Chan · August 8, 2014 9:58 am

Canada will send military supplies to Ukraine

Canada will send military supplies to Ukraine

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 8:43 pm

Women choose Dutch tomatoes at a supermarket in downtown Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. The Russian government has banned all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday. The move was taken on orders from President Vladimir Putin in response to sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over the crisis in Ukraine. The ban has been introduced for one year. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia retaliates on West’s sanctions over Ukraine

Vladimir Isachenkov · August 7, 2014 7:23 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, left, greets NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen during their meting in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko, Pool)

NATO pledges support to conflict-wracked Ukraine

PETER LEONARDYURAS KARMANAU · August 7, 2014 6:03 pm

Head of the European Central Bank, ECB, Mario Draghi attends a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Draghi says the bank will "closely monitor" the possible repercussions of "geopolitical risks" on the modest economic recovery in the 18-country eurozone. He spoke Thursday after the bank left its key interest rate unchanged at a record low 0.15 percent. It also held off from announcing further stimulus measures to boost the recovery. (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)

ECB’s Draghi cautions over Ukraine impact

David McHugh · August 7, 2014 3:33 pm