Signaling a step toward NATO membership and further western alliance, the Ukraine parliament on Tuesday voted to drop the country’s ‘non-aligned’ status, which had prevented the country from joining such military coalitions. Observers note that the decision is likely to antagonize Russia, which has been vocally opposed to Ukraine’s increased alignment with NATO. After the…
The death toll from ongoing conflict in Ukraine has nearly doubled in the past week, the United Nations human rights office said Wednesday. A “very conservative estimate” indicates that as of Aug. 10, 2,086 have died, compared to 1,129 on July 26, spokesperson Cecile Pouilly told media. Pouilly added that the rising toll marked a…
President Obama delivered a statement from the White House on Tuesday regarding the situation in Ukraine. The president accused Russia of launching artillery strikes into sovereign Ukrainian territory. The president’s remarks were delivered two days after the US government released satellite images purporting to show Russian rockets being fired into Ukraine. The Obama administration is…
Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) offered tough words to Russia in an interview with a local TV station. The senator spoke to Tom Powell about the conflict in Ukraine and the recent attack on a civilian jetliner. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last Thursday in the rebel-controlled eastern half of Ukraine, killing all 295…
An Indiana University doctoral student was among the 295 passengers killed in yesterday’s Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash in Ukraine. Karlijn Keijzer, 25, was a PhD student at the IU College of Arts and Sciences on the Bloomington, Indiana campus. She previously earned a Master’s degree at IU and was also a member of the…
Video of the downed aircraft has surfaced on YouTube and is being broadcast on CNN. It reportedly shows the plane crash over Ukraine after being hit by a missile. For more information on the plane crash, follow South Bend Voice’s updates at this link.
A Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 295 passengers crashed on Thursday near the Russian border in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine. The flight was on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. According to the Associated Press, Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, claimed on Facebook that a surface-to-air Buk Launcher was used to shoot down…
