The Atlantic Council hosted a Google Hangout with Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, head of Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU), to discuss the ongoing violence between pro-Ukrainians and pro-Russians in east Ukraine. It was the first time he spoke publicly about the situation.
The United States is deploying about 600 troops to Poland and Baltic countries to underscore its commitment to NATO allies amid tensions with Russia over Ukraine, the Pentagon said Tuesday. A company of 150 soldiers from the US Army’s 173rd
Transcript as follows: The White House is said to be uncertain whether the latest bloodshed in eastern Ukraine is a manufactured pretext for Russia’s next round of military aggression. Boy, that’s a puzzler! Here’s the first clue: Vladimir Putin is
Ukrainian deputy Volodymyr Rybak, a member of interim President Oleksandr Turchynov’s Batkivshchyna Party, was found murdered with signs of immense torture all over his body in Sloviansk. The city in Donetsk Oblast has had many disturbances, including pro-Russian forces kidnapping
German Deputy Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who also serves as the country’s energy minister, has called upon China to accept its “increased international responsibility” as an economic superpower and help solve the Ukrainian crisis that has led to Russia’s annexing one
As diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine deteriorates and neighboring countries continue to depend almost exclusively on Russia for oil and natural gas, UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey is calling for the G7 to intervene and limit the economic power Russia
SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — When armed men seized the police station in this eastern Ukrainian city, mayor Nelya Shtepa declared she was on their side. She changed her story a few days later. Then she disappeared — the victim of
Vice President Joe Biden met with Ukraine’s interim President Oleksandr Turchynov and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk in Kyiv. He pledged more support from the US and condemned Russia for not acting to end the violence in east Ukraine. Pro-Russian forces
Tuesday at a news conference with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from Kiev, Vice President Joe Biden pledged support for Ukraine and emphasized that United States does not recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Biden declared, “Ukraine is and must remain one
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday that “it’s time to stop talking and start acting” to reduce tension in Ukraine, offering a show of support for the besieged nation as an international agreement
Victoria Nuland, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that Russia has to stop saying it will help ease the tension in east Ukraine while helping the pro-Russian forces fight against the
Russia is using a not-so-secret weapon that has flipped Western notions of strength and weakness on their head. If trends continue, the U.S. could be faced with the terrible choice of losing its credibility as a conventional ally and a
The last time Tom Hanks dipped into the Cold War we got 2007’s Charlie Wilson’s War, a marginal piece of Oscar-bait that tried to claim a boozing, womanizing Democrat Congressman had won the Cold War … and President Ronald Reagan
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that allows Russian speakers to easily obtain Russian citizenship and another law that makes it harder for foreign workers to receive a working visa. Both bills passed Russian Parliament on April 16. To
The pro-Russian forces allowed captured journalist Irma Krat to hold a 30 minute press conference with journalists at the scene. Krat was abducted by the separatists Sunday night in Sloviansk and they accused her of torturing pro-Russians at the security
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Kyiv as a way to show the US is committed to helping Ukraine become less dependent on Russian energy and recover from an administration that drained the nation’s bank accounts. Biden is the highest
BOSTON (AP) — A large police presence greeted runners and spectators filtering in Monday morning for the Boston Marathon, a year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260
Marathon Monday, atop October’s Head of the Charles Regatta and November’s even-year Harvard-Yale game, ranks as the most festive sports holiday in Massachusetts. When a couple of poor sports crashed the party last year by killing three and maiming dozens,
Indian officials have signed a deal to fund heavy weapons purchases for Afghanistan during a high-level trip to Moscow last week – raising concerns that British aid money is indirectly assisting Russian arms-sales due to the UK’s £280m aid package
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Gunfight in east Ukraine raises fears of renewed violence Palestinian president Abbas, 79, faces life after ‘peace talks’ collapse Massive attack on AQAP in Yemen kills dozens of militants Suicide and murder rate for
Simon Shuster, TIME‘s Moscow correspondent, reported that pro-Russian forces in Sloviansk, Ukraine, have captured and held prisoner a Ukrainian journalist. Her name is Irma Krat from Kyiv. The separatists said she is a Maidan activist and is suspected of torturing
Pope Francis celebrated Easter mass on Sunday with a message of social solidarity as the world’s Orthodox marked a holiday marred by bitter divisions over Ukraine and clashes broke out in Jerusalem. Francis led the ceremony for the holiest day
A number of former officials in both Presidents Bush and Obama’s administrations told Reuters this weekend they believe the crisis in Ukraine was largely fueled by long-term post-Cold War apathy towards Russia on the part of the United States, something
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk appeared on Meet The Press on Sunday morning to discuss the ongoing turmoil in east Ukraine and tensions between Kyiv and Russia. Host David Gregory asked about the Geneva agreement between the US, European Union,
The Easter truce in Ukraine did not last very long. A shootout at a checkpoint in Slovyansk was deadly, but no one can agree on the death toll. It was the first clash since the US, European Union, Ukraine, and
