Shellshocked Ukrainians Flee to New Lives in Russia By Andrew Roth, The New York Times 4 September 2014 Oksana Shevelina, 62, who came here with her elderly mother just a few days ago from their home in eastern Ukraine, squinted at a map of the Russian Federation. She traced with her index finger an imaginary railroad into the Russian heartland, through the black earth of southern Russia, across the Volga River and into the industrial towns that

On Ukraine, the West Sidesteps a Fraught Term By Andrew Higgins. The New York Times 4 September 2014 Whether on the streets of Budapest in 1956, the mountains of Afghanistan in 1979 and again in 2001 or in the swampy forests of Grenada in 1983, invasions have tended to be noisy, unmistakable affairs that screamed their purpose from the start. After four months of conflict in eastern Ukraine, however, few have chosen to use the “I” word to define

Rebels Killed Dozens in Attack on Refugees, Ukraine Says By Andrew E. Kramer, Andrew Higgins and David M. Herszenhorn 18 August 2014 DONETSK, Ukraine — Separatists rebels on Monday attacked a caravan of cars carrying refugees trying to flee war-ravaged eastern Ukraine, killing “dozens” of people in a devastating barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian military officials said, though rebel leaders denied there had been any attack at all. Col. Andriy

Russia to participate in humanitarian mission to eastern Ukraine By AP   August 11, 2014 DONETSK, Ukraine - The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid operation into Ukraine's conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday. The Kremlin earlier announced that it was dispatching the humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists

Belarus to host Ukraine-Russia talks By Reuters   July 30, 2014   (Reuters) - Belarus will host talks between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE security and rights organisation on the crisis in eastern Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko's office said on Wednesday. It did not say when the talks would take place but Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked Lukashenko to host them on Thursday and to focus on securing access to the site where

Ukraine violence stops police team sent to secure site of Malaysia Air crash By Associated Press   July 28, 2014   SHAKHTARSK, Ukraine –  Heavy fighting raged Monday around the Malaysia Airlines debris field, once again preventing an international police team charged with securing the site from even getting there. Government troops have stepped up their push to win back territory from pro-Russian separatists in fighting that the United

Ukraine Reports Heavy Fighting Around Malaysia Airlines Crash Site By LUKAS I. ALPERT in Moscow and PHILIP SHISHKIN in Donetsk, Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal   July 28, 2014   For weeks, residents of the three villages where the debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed have heard the fighting around them, and hoped the violence would pass them by. But on Monday, the crash site turned into the newest front in the war. Natalya Voloshina,

Petro Poroshenko: Ukraine needs the U.S. to respond to Russia: By Petro Poroshenko, The Washington Post July 27, 2014   When 298 innocent people were shot out of the sky by a Russian missile 10 days ago, people everywhere finally began to understand what is at stake in Ukraine. Half a year ago, I was not even considering becoming president of Ukraine. But like a great many Ukrainians at the time, I was disturbed that then-president Viktor Yanukovych

By The New York Times  Below is a visual guide to the continuing conflict in the Ukraine. View the original article here.  Military Base Buildup at the Russian Border: July 22, 2014 Two satellite Images of the Russian military base near Rostov were released on Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. American Intelligence officials said that the image on the right, taken approximately a month after the image on the left,

By David M. Herszenhorn and Andrew Higgins The New York Times 23 July 2014 KIEV, Ukraine — Fighting intensified in the rebel-controlled region of Ukraine on Wednesday, with military officials reporting that two Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jets had been shot down near the village of Dmytrivka in the east. Few details of the latest downings were available. But the news was reported as Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council in Kiev said the