Tag: Ukraine

VIDEO — White House: Never a perfect time for the president to take time away

Steve Doty · August 13, 2014 6:05 pm

UN says Ukraine death toll doubles in 2 weeks to at least 2,086 in ‘clear escalating trend’

Washington Examiner · August 13, 2014 2:39 pm

In this Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 photo Denis Lavrienko, 36, gestures during a conversation in Ukraine's capital, Kiev. Since a separatist insurgency broke out in eastern Ukraine in March, entire swaths of Ukrainian society _ either through a government summons or their own patriotism _ have suddenly been thrust into battle, many of them with little or no combat experience. With the government desperate for more fighters and medics, a draft has brought in a wave of needed additions to what had been a neglected army. And amid a surge of patriotic indignation tipping over into martial fervor, volunteer battalions have proven an indispensable boost as well. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ordinary Ukrainians become unlikely warriors

Peter Leonard · August 13, 2014 12:42 pm

In this image taken from video a convoy of white trucks with humanitarian aid leaves Alabino, outside Moscow Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. The convoy of 280 Russian trucks headed for eastern Ukraine early Tuesday, one day after agreement was reached on an international humanitarian relief mission. But the international Red Cross, which is due to coordinate the operation, said it had no information on what the trucks were carrying or where they were going. (AP Photo/ RTR via Associated Press Television) TV OUT RUSSIA OUT

Ukraine: Russian aid can enter with Red Cross

PETER LEONARDVLADIMIR ISACHENKOV · August 12, 2014 8:30 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday. (AP/RIA Novosti)

Beltway Confidential

As Russia advances, America’s response remains unclear

Becket Adams · August 12, 2014 2:25 pm

A prisoner tramples smoldering grass in a high-security facility after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Local authorities say more than 100 prisoners have fled from a high-security facility after it was hit by shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. City council spokesman Maxim Rovensky said Monday a jail riot was precipitated by a direct rocket hit that claimed the life of at least one inmate. The fugitives include people jailed for murder, robbery and rape. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ukraine OKs Red Cross-led aid mission to east

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · August 11, 2014 7:45 pm

WEX BackStory: Obama’s legacy-defining moment

Ed Sykes · August 11, 2014 6:47 pm

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