Mar 16 NewsHour reporters document the voting process in Crimea By News Desk PBS NewsHour producer Morgan Till is documenting his journey with chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner across Ukraine on Twitter. Today they are watching as voters throughout the Crimean Peninsula post ballots on a local referendum to decide whether the region… Continue reading
Mar 16 White House urges Putin to back down in Crimea By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The White House says that if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't back down in Crimea, he will face penalties from the West that will hurt the Russian economy and diminish Moscow's influence in the world. White House senior… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Crimea braces itself for Sunday's referendum vote By PBS News Hour Anticipation is building as Crimea prepares for a referendum vote on Sunday that the whole world will be watching. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with PBS NewsHour’s chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner about the atmosphere on the ground in the capital… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch In New York's Little Ukraine, tension mounts ahead of vote By PBS News Hour Metropolitan New York City is home to more than 113,000 ethnic Ukrainians. NewsHour visited Little Ukraine in the East Village to gauge local sentiment about the conflict in Crimea. Continue watching
Mar 15 NewsHour reporters are following preparations for tomorrow's vote in Crimea By News Desk PBS NewsHour producer Morgan Till is documenting his journey with chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner across Ukraine on Twitter. On Sunday, voters throughout the Crimean Peninsula will cast their ballots on a local referendum to decide whether… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch In Crimea, rifts widen as referendum looms By PBS News Hour The future of the Ukrainian region of Crimea hangs in the balance of Sunday’s referendum vote on whether to secede and possibly join Russia. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports from Crimea, where she talks to the pro-Russian and… Continue watching
Mar 14 Lavrov says U.S. and Russia still at great odds over Ukraine crisis By Sam Lane Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that there is "no common" vision between the United States and his country over the situation in Ukraine, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading
Mar 14 Margaret Warner rolls into Crimea with PBS NewsHour reporting team By Travis Daub PBS NewsHour producer Morgan Till is documenting his journey with chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner across Ukraine on Twitter. Warner will report from Crimea for the next few days, crossing the country by train and car. Continue reading
Mar 07 Dempsey: Russia's ethnic Crimea claim poses 'significant risk' to Eastern Europe By Larisa Epatko Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the U.S. is pushing “aggressively” for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukrainian Crimea tug-of-war with Russia and that he’s been in touch with his Russian counterpart daily. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch On Ukraine, 'we're seeking aggressively to resolve this diplomatically,' Dempsey says By PBS News Hour Continue watching