Tag: Ukraine

‘Downing of Plane Shows West Cannot Ignore Russia-Ukraine Escalation’

Daniel Halper · July 17, 2014 7:22 pm

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk players celebrate a goal during a UEFA Europa League soccer game. (Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

Russia-Ukraine conflict keeps soccer clubs apart

Sean Lengell · July 17, 2014 6:27 pm

Barnes Podcast: The Rise of Rick Perry

TWS Podcast · July 17, 2014 5:55 pm

Iraqi civilians gather the morning after a car bombing that killed many people and wounded tens of others in a crowded outdoor market in the Shiite neighborhood known as Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Beltway Confidential

5 places where Obama hasn’t improved the ‘tranquility of the global community’

Blake Seitz · July 17, 2014 10:00 am

Japan wary as US, Europe up sanctions on Russia

Elaine Kurtenbach · July 17, 2014 8:15 am

President Obama tried to ratchet up the pressure on Moscow to stop supporting pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine on Wednesday by announcing new sanctions against several large banks and energy and defense firms in the country.ÃÂ (AP/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russia

Susan Crabtree · July 16, 2014 10:36 pm

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