Accuracy in Media

No political statements were allowed, but the singer’s grandmother was forcibly deported by Stalin’s  and it was the reason behind her singing the song on-stage. Photo by D!FF

Uh, this is a MAJOR concern for America’s European allies, especially if Russia goes ahead and puts nuclear warheads in Crimea.

While Russia celebrated the one-year anniversary of annexing Crimea from Ukraine, the U.S. went ahead and sent troops to train a small contingent of Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine.

So much for that Russian reset, right?

This statement is a rhetorical “Vladimir Putin is thumbing his nose at the West and President Obama” moment. Ugh.

WASHINGTON — Four Ukrainian policemen were ambushed by pro-Russian militiamen and rebels in the eastern city of Slaviansk, which is the stronghold of anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian rebels. Reuters reported that the Ukrainian Interior Ministry announced the death toll, which involved a retreating force of rebels via armored personnel carriers. The rebel death toll could not […]

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian troops launched a “special operation” against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukrainian towns. Their first target was an airfield seized by the militants. Reuters reported that the airport was recaptured by Ukrainian forces in the town of Kramatorsk. However, the rest of the operations are not going as well because the military is […]

WASHINGTON — Separatists, who have surrounded the state security building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk with barricades, have called for help from Russia and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Reuters reported that the Ukrainian government, which is trying to negotiate with the pro-Russian separatists, said they could use force to restore order in […]

WASHINGTON — An American envoy is raising the alarm, as if current events in Ukraine aren’t alarming. Reuters reported that the envoy, Daniel Baer, told reporters that there was “strong evidence” of significant numbers of Russian troops. He is the U.S. envoy to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (known as OSCE), composed of […]

WASHINGTON — Ousted and exiled former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is blamed for the deaths of anti-Russian protesters earlier this year, shot dead by police snipers. Reuters reported that Arseny Yatseniuk, the new prime minister, told them that Yanukovich was involved in the country’s security service (the SBU) using snipers to kill protesters. More than […]