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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy gunfire heard at airport in eastern Ukraine after troops move against pro-Russia militia.

Pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine are not giving up even though Ukraine tanks have been spotted. Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov told parliament the anti-terrorist operation he promised on Sunday started in north Donetsk. These forces took over 10 government buildings

A Ukrainian general leading a new push against pro-Kremlin militants in the separatist east warned on Tuesday that gunmen who do not lay down their arms would be “destroyed”.

President Obama talked to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone on Monday to discuss the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. Obama told Putin the US is ready to place more sanctions on Russia. “Russia continues to engage in provocative actions

IZYUM, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents dug in Tuesday across eastern Ukraine, fortifying positions around seized buildings and erecting new barricades even as Ukrainian troops and tanks set up outside one eastern city now controlled by armed men. In Kiev,

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Russia is probing NATO defenses in Eastern Europe as part of its strategy to recover the satellite countries it lost in the break-up of the Soviet Union. Although NATO was designed around European members shouldering most of their own security,

The Associated Press is reporting a Russian jet flew close-range over a US warship in the Black Sea for over 90 minutes. The close proximity forced commanders to issue many warnings. The official says the fighter flew within 1,000 yards

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military official says a Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region. The official says the

Among the many dubious legacies of “moderate” Republicans is the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also known as “New START,” which the Senate ratified in December 2010, just after the electorate had delivered a resounding condemnation of the Obama administration’s left-wing

Ukraine is going to receive a total of $3.23 billion after the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council approved a loan of $1.38 billion and $848 billion financial aid. “[We] welcome the adoption of the EU Commission proposal on autonomous trade

Ukraine is falling apart and interim President Oleksandr Turchynov promised a large scale anti-terrorist operation against the pro-Russian forces in the east if they did not surrender by 9 a.m. Monday morning. When this did not happen Turchynov announced he

Pro-Russian forces took over a police station in Horlivka early Monday morning. It was at least the third police station and the latest of many government buildings captured by pro-Russians in the past three days. Dozens of angry men hurled

Russia’s military annexation of the Crimea and buildup of land and air forces on its borders with Eastern Europe is raising anxiety that Russia will militarily intervene in other former “republics” to rebuild the Soviet Union.  Ukrainian tanks and special-forces

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DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Turning to force to try to restore its authority in the vital industrial east, Ukraine’s government announced Sunday it was sending in troops to try to quash an increasingly brazen pro-Russian insurgency, despite repeated warnings from