Associated Press: Deaths, surge in fighting in Ukraine threaten cease-fire | Марьинка - это провокация перед саммитом G7 - Бильдт: На Донбассе происходит крпунейшая эскалация со времен Дебальцево | Sen. Rob Portman (R., Ohio): The US needs to rethink it's failing Ukraine strategy: "Meanwhile, the president maintains his de facto embargo on any of the defensive weapons Ukraine needs to defend itself and force Russia to negotiate in good faith. Simply saying you have a cease-fire doesn’t make it so. It’s time the architects of our current policy realized that." | Bloomberg: Ukraine sets IMF-backed plan on gradual capital control easing | У Порошенко не видят причин говорить о широкомасштабном наступлении НВФ | Яценюк: по приказу России боевики начали военную операцию | A bill authorizing US lethal arms deliveries to Ukraine in 2016 will be put up for vote in the US Senate later this week, after it cleared the US House in May. - Ukraine News
Ukraine News » Rob Portman: The US needs to rethink it's failing Ukraine strategy 03/06/15 08:04 from President Obama and some of our allies seem motivated more by the desire to keep the conflict out of the headlines than to take meaningful action to address it. If that’s the goal, then the cease-fire has been somewhat successful, althou... The cease-fire in Ukraine isn’t legitimate, and Russia’s success in exploiting it demonstrates the need to rethink our approach. June 3, 2015 5 COMMENTS Regarding your editorial “The Russians Are Coming, Again” (May 29): The cease-fire in Ukraine isn’t legitimate, and Russia’s success in exploiting it demonstrates the need to rethink our approach. President Obama and some of our allies seem motivated more by the desire to keep the conflict out of the headlines than to take meaningful action to address it. If that’s the goal, then the cease-fire has been somewhat successful, although the Russian violations are incre