DONETSK, UKRAINE — There was heavy fighting Monday on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, as government security forces resumed operations aimed at wresting control of the town from pro-Russian militants. But the government lost another helicopter, and it isn’t winning the battle for hearts and minds. The Ukrainian government says its security forces […]
Afghan police fired shots into the air Tuesday to disperse villagers demanding aid at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan.Authorities say no one was injured when several people rushed toward a truck carrying emergency supplies to those affected by last week’s landslide.Hundreds of people in the village of Abi Barik in […]
Another Ukraine government helicopter was shot down on Monday, this is the fourth helicopter in recent weeks to succumb to the gunfire of the pro-Russian separatists in the Eastern region of the Ukraine. The shootdown took place during the latest clash between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian government forces in the separatist controlled eastern Ukrainian city […]
WASHINGTON — As tensions and turmoil escalate in Ukraine, America’s response to the crisis is becoming an increasingly contentious issue in Washington.Deadly clashes in Odessa point to a grim reality: with every passing day, Ukraine teeters closer to civil war between a pro-Western government in Kyiv and pro-Russian militias backed by Moscow.A new round of […]