U.S.: Russia not to intervene in Ukraine

U.S. warns Russia not to intervene in Ukraine under ‘peacekeeping’ pretextBy Greg Botelho and Azadeh Ansari, CNNAugust 9, 2014 — Updated 2250 GMT (0650 HKT)Volunteers remove the last of the barricades and tent camps that had blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital since protests that forced a change of government arose late last year in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, August 9.
A dweller of the tent camp that blocked the main street of Ukraine’s capital, stands guard on August 9 as volunteers arrive to clear the square in Kiev.A pro-Russian rebel inspects the damage after shelling in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, August 7. Ukrainian government forces have been fighting pro-Russian separatists near the Russian border.Smoke billows from a Ukranian fighter jet crash near the village of Zhdanivka, Ukraine, on August 7. Residents of eastern Ukraine cry in a hospital basement being used as a bomb shelter August 7 in Donetsk, Ukraine.Ordnance from a Ukrainian rocket launcher shoots toward a pro-Russian militant position in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on August 7.Relatives of Ukrainian military member Kyril Andrienko, who died in combat in eastern Ukraine, gather during his funeral in Lviv, Ukraine, on August 7.Refugees from southeastern Ukraine wait at a refugee camp in Donetsk on Wednesday, August 6.A pro-Russian rebel adjusts his weapon in Donetsk on August 6.Men walk past a bomb crater in Donetsk on August 6.A man steps out of his car as Ukrainian soldiers inspect the vehicle at a checkpoint in Debaltseve, Ukraine, on August 6.Ukrainian servicemen sit on a bus near Slovyansk, Ukraine, on Tuesday, August 5.A pro-Russian separatist guards a road as Australian, Malaysian and Dutch investigators prepare to examine the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Rossipne, Ukraine, on August 5. U.S. and Ukrainian officials allege that a Russian-made missile shot down the plane from rebel-held territory, killing all 298 people on board. Russia and the rebel fighters deny involvement.Rescue workers carry the body of a woman who was killed during a bomb shelling in Donetsk on August 5.A boy stands in a hallway of a refugee hostel run by pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk on Monday, August 4.Ukrainian servicemen from the Donbass volunteer battalion clean their guns Sunday, August 3, in Popasna, Ukraine.Ukrainian soldiers fire shells toward rebel positions near Pervomaysk, Ukraine, on Saturday, August 2.Ukrainian troops patrol near the village of Novoselovka, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 31.