Jul 09 Watch Ukraine’s Poroshenko dismisses rebel hopes for Donetsk battle By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 09 Senators demand another round of sanctions against Russia By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican senators exasperated with the Obama administration’s response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine threatened on Wednesday to act unilaterally on new sanctions. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Why ‘Doctor Zhivago’ was dangerous By PBS News Hour When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The Zhivago Affair,” tells the story of how Pasternak’s novel came to… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch News Wrap: Pro-Russian rebels, government forces renew fighting in Eastern Ukraine By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, fighting resumed in Eastern Ukraine a day after President Petro Poroshenko ended a ceasefire with pro-Russian rebels. Also, a car bomb killed at least 56 people in Nigeria in the northeastern state where more than… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Trade deal locks Poroshenko and Russia in standoff By PBS News Hour In a move that angered Moscow, Ukraine’s new leader signed a trade deal to bring his country closer to Europe. Jeffrey Brown talks to Matthew Rojansky of the Wilson Center and Nikolas Gvosdev of the U.S. Naval War College about… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Ukraine signs EU trade pact over Russian objections By PBS News Hour Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko traveled to Brussels to sign the trade agreement that sparked the crisis in Ukraine late last year. His Kremlin-backed predecessor had balked at further integrating with Europe, and move away from Russia. In Washington, a State… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch News Wrap: As Ukraine cease-fire draws to a close, Kerry urges peace efforts by Russia By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 23 Over the phone, Obama urges Putin to stop backing separatists By Associated Press Obama and Putin spoke by telephone on Monday morning. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama urged Putin to use his personal influence with those separatists to promote peace and stability in Ukraine. He says a diplomatic solution is still… Continue reading
Jun 21 Pro-Russian separatists launch attack in Ukraine amid ceasefire By Kayla Ruble Less than one day after a temporary cease-fire was put into place to put a stop to all military action in Ukraine, pro-Russian forces attacked army posts in the country near the border with Russia. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch News Wrap: Libya demands U.S. hand over captured Benghazi attack suspect By PBS News Hour Continue watching