Crimea declares independence; West hits back
Monday, 17 March 2014, 18:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Crimea's declaration of independence Monday from Ukraine triggered the toughest Western sanctions against Russia since the Cold War — with Washington and the European Union retaliating with...
EU, US sanctions people linked to Ukraine unrest
Monday, 17 March 2014, 13:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
European Union foreign ministers slapped travel bans and asset freezes Monday on 21 people from Russia and Crimea who they linked to the push for the secession of Ukraine's strategic...
Putin’s Kampf
Monday, 17 March 2014, 07:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Russia’s seizure of Crimea is the most naked example of peacetime aggression that Europe has witnessed since Nazi Germany invaded the Sudetenland in 1938. It may be fashionable to belittle the...
US rejects Crimea vote, cites Russian intimidation
Monday, 17 March 2014, 06:29
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Crimea's vote to secede from Ukraine and join Russia "would never be recognized" by the United States, as he...
Final words from jet came after systems shutdown
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 21:22
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The final words from the missing Malaysian jetliner's cockpit gave no indication anything was wrong, even though one of the plane's communications systems had already been disabled, officials...
Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 12:16
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The Crimean region voted on Sunday about whether to demand greater autonomy from Ukraine or split off and seek to join Russia, in a referendum that has been condemned as illegal by the United States...
Focus turns to pilots as hunt for jet widens
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 10:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Malaysian authorities Sunday were investigating the pilots of the missing jetliner after it was established that whoever flew off with the Boeing 777 had intimate knowledge of the cockpit and knew how...
Ukraine says Russian forces move outside Crimea
Sunday, 16 March 2014, 07:19
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Russian forces backed by helicopter gunships and armored vehicles Saturday took control of a village near the border with Crimea on the eve of a referendum on whether the region should seek annexation...
Tensions rise in Ukraine as referendum nears
Saturday, 15 March 2014, 16:26
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Dozens of billboards throughout the capital of the restive Ukrainian republic of Crimea proclaim "Together With Russia," but a few have been hit by spray-painters who scrawled out...
Basement could hold clues in deadly NYC blast
Saturday, 15 March 2014, 08:18
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
Emergency workers removing debris from the site of a deadly explosion at two New York City apartment buildings were expected to reach the basement levels Saturday, clearing the way for investigators...