Tag: Ukraine

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

Cars pass an empty pro-Russian checkpoint after heavy fighting between pro-Russian fighters and Ukrainian government troops outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The rebels fled Slovyansk, a city of 100,000 that had been their stronghold, over the weekend as Ukrainian troops mounted an offensive. They left behind a city heavily damaged by fighting and riven by vehemently differing views. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rebel governor losing hope of Russia intervention

Yuras Karmanau · July 9, 2014 6:45 pm

Ukrainian charged with Russian journalists’ deaths

Nataliya Vasilyeva · July 9, 2014 4:37 pm

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, center, is flanked by Assistant Secretary of Defense Derek Chollet, left, and Assistant Treasury Secretary Daniel Glaser, right, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine Russia and developments in Ukraine, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Senators press for more sanctions on Russia

Donna Cassata · July 9, 2014 4:02 pm

A woman, name not given, looks out from her damaged house in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Monday July 7, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko has called the capture of the Pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Slovyansk a "turning point" in the fight for control of the country's east. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Slovyansk struggles back after rebels are routed

Yuras Karmanau · July 8, 2014 7:52 pm

A man speaks phone near a broken window in his house after shelling in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Local residents said it was a shelling from the Ukrainian army's side. The Ukrainian government will restart cease-fire negotiations with pro-Russian insurgents in the country's east only once the rebels lay down their weapons, the defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine takes aggressive stance toward separatists

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · July 8, 2014 7:35 pm

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Slovenia's President Borut Pahor look at each other in Maribor, Slovenia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, during the opening ceremony for a museum commemorating WWII camp for captured Soviet prisoners of war. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

EU’s united front on Russia falling amid gas needs

George Jahn · July 8, 2014 3:53 pm