Ukraine

Aid convoy leaves Moscow for Ukraine

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 12, 2014 11:52 AM EDT

A long convoy of nearly 300 trucks has left Moscow for the Ukrainian city of Luhansk, with the ostensible purpose of providing aid and averting a humanitarian disaster.

Russia violated U.S. airspace 16 times in 10 days

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 07, 2014 10:51 AM EDT

Long-range Russian bombers and other aircraft have penetrated or probed U.S. airspace 16 times in the last 10 days.

Russia institutes 1-year ban on agricultural products in retaliation for Western sanctions

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 06, 2014 06:37 PM EDT

The government of Russia is contemplating a wave of measures as payback for sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union over Russia's interference and support for rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine continues advancing in east

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 02, 2014 01:40 PM EDT

The Ukrainian military continues to tighten the noose around pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, most of which have fled to the regional capital of Donetsk, increasing the likelihood of a long and bloody struggle for control of the city.

Investigators reach site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 01, 2014 11:16 AM EDT

Members of an international team of investigators have begun their investigation of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

Russia arming Ukrainian separatists

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 29, 2014 09:16 AM EDT

A new report offers the most concrete evidence yet that Russia is supplying arms to rebels in eastern Ukraine.

Russia violated arms control treaty

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 29, 2014 07:13 AM EDT

The United States has accused Russia of testing a ground based cruise missile system in direct contravention to the Intermediate-nuclear Forces Treaty.

Ukrainian military tries to take control of MH17 site

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 28, 2014 08:20 AM EDT

The Ukrainian military has launched an operation in an effort to secure the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down by pro-Russian rebels who mistook it for a Ukrainian military transport.

US to send advisers to Ukraine, accuses Russia of firing on Ukrainian military

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 25, 2014 10:39 AM EDT

The United States has accused Russia of shelling Ukrainian military positions from inside of Russia as the Pentagon confirmed that the United States would be sending military advisers to aid the Ukrainian military.

Ukrainian parliament dissolves, furthering crisis

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 12:07 PM EDT

A political crisis is brewing in Ukraine as two ruling parties withdrew from the parliament, and the legal authorities try to ban the Communist Party.

2 Ukrainian jets downed as bodies from MH17 are flown back to the Netherlands

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 23, 2014 10:01 AM EDT

Two Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down as the remains of victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 began to be flown back to the Netherlands.

Pro-Russian separatists hand over bodies, black boxes from MH17 to international community

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 21, 2014 07:35 PM EDT

Separatists in Ukraine have released the bodies of the dead from flight MH17 to Dutch authorities, and handed over the flight's recorders to Malaysian officials.

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