Tag: Ukraine

A girl says goodbye to her friend, a volunteer, before they were sent to the eastern part of Ukraine to join the ranks of special battalion "Azov", during a ceremony to take the oath of allegiance to Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine Wednesday, July 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Urban warfare feared in Ukraine fighting

Peter Leonard · July 16, 2014 10:04 pm

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives at the European People's Party summit, hours ahead of an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. European Union leaders meet to nominate their candidates for the 28-nation bloc's two top jobs. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU leaders order tougher sanctions against Russia

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 9:58 pm

FILE - This July 14, 2014 file photo shows black smoke billowing following a mortar attack during fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian fighters in Luhansk, Ukraine. The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift in strategy that reflects the Obama administration's frustration with Europe's reluctance to take tougher action against Moscow, according to U.S. and European officials. (AP Photo, Yuri Snegirev, Rossiyiskaya Gazeta, File)

Biden to Ukraine: US, Europe weighing Russia costs

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 1:22 am

Igor Chernetsov whose wife was killed in collapsed building during airstrike gestures near his house in Snizhne, 100 kms east from the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 15, 2014. An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. Government officials denied the Tuesday strike was carried out by Ukraine's air force. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Airstrike in eastern Ukraine kills 11 civilians

MSTYSLAV CHERNOVPETER LEONARD · July 15, 2014 8:10 pm

Children from Donetsk orphanage gather to speak to journalists in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Monday, July 14, 2014. The Donetsk People's Republic want to take about 130 orphans living in a Donetsk orphanage and send them to Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict

Balint Szlanko · July 15, 2014 9:38 am

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 13, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents last week retreated from the strategic city of Slovyansk and holed up in Donetsk, a city of one million, and potentially the final frontier for the rebels. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine: Military plane shot down by rocket

Peter Leonard · July 14, 2014 4:21 pm

In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 photo, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses Ukrainian troops as he visits their base in Devhenke village, Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko will attend the World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium along with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazil's Foreign Ministry said Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine president to be at World Cup final in Rio

BRADLEY BROOKSSTAN LEHMAN · July 13, 2014 12:15 am

Eugeny Vaschenko walks through his room, damaged after shelling, in Maryinka village outside the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Biden offers condolences over Ukraine deaths

Washington Examiner · July 12, 2014 7:53 pm

A fire truck arrives at a burning building after shelling in Maryinka village, outside the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

4 civilians killed in artillery fire in Ukraine

Balint Szlanko · July 12, 2014 1:30 pm

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during the wedding ceremony of platoon commander Arsen Pavlov and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Eastern Ukrainians flee as army suffers losses

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · July 11, 2014 6:08 pm

A building damaged by shelling is seen in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrainian government troops have halved the amount of territory held by the rebels. Now they are vowing a blockade of Donetsk. In another sign of deteriorating morale among rebels, several dozen militia fighters in Donetsk abandoned their weapons and fatigues Thursday, telling their superiors they were returning home.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels

Yuras Karmanau · July 10, 2014 7:46 pm

Change Afoot in Ukraine

Christopher Nadon · July 10, 2014 8:33 am