Feb 28 Watch Obama warns against 'profound interference' in Ukraine By PBS News Hour Ukraine’s new interior minister accused Moscow of an “armed invasion,” after armed gunmen took over two airports, a coast guard station and a border post in the pro-Russian Crimea region. President Obama meanwhile warned that any violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty… Continue watching
Feb 28 Watch Why Russia is 'flexing its muscle' in Crimea By PBS News Hour Crimea, a former Russian-held region, is home to Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet and other important Russian assets. With Ukraine in turmoil over the future of its leadership, Jeffrey Brown talks to Angela Stent of Georgetown University and Dimitri Simes… Continue watching
Feb 28 Obama warns against Russian military intervention in Ukraine By News Desk President Barack Obama said Friday afternoon that "we are now deeply concerned about reports of movements taken by the Russian Federation within Ukraine" and "there will be costs" to any military intervention. Continue reading
Feb 28 Obama: 'There will be costs' to Russian intervention in Ukraine By Associated Press http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s25PxNC7MM4 President Obama spoke Friday on the situation in Ukraine… Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch Thursday, February 27, 2014 By PBS News Hour On our program Thursday, pro-Russian protesters seized the Crimean parliament, once Ukraine voted in a new prime minister. Also: We look at a refugee camp in Syria struggling to receive humanitarian aid, President Barack Obama’s new initiative for young men… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Pro-Russian protesters hold Crimean parliament under siege in backlash against new government By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 27 Syria tops list of human rights violations in 2013, US report says By Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A chemicals weapons attack in Syria last summer that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people was the world's worst human rights violation of 2013, the Obama administration concluded Thursday. The report by the State Department also… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Will Russia intervene in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution and Nadia Diuk of the National Endowment for Democracy about the challenges ahead for finding unity in Ukraine and the chances of Russia stepping in as unrest continues. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Wednesday, February 26, 2014 By PBS News Hour On our program Wednesday, both pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators clashed in the Crimea region of Ukraine, while Russia conducted surprise military exercises near its neighbor’s border. Also, we look at the falling obesity rate among American preschoolers, cleaner cookstoves for… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Crimeans push back against Ukrainian protest movement By PBS News Hour While prospective new Ukrainian leaders were introduced in Kiev, in the Crimean region, pro-Russian demonstrators clashed with supporters of the protest movement. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the separatist tensions flaring in Eastern Ukraine. Continue watching