OTTAWA — Ukraine is asking Canada to impose more sanctions on Russia as tensions between the two eastern European countries threaten to erupt into open conflict.
Ukraine’s ambassador made the appeal during an appearance before a House of Commons committee in which he also asked that Canada extend its military training mission in his country and support Ukraine’s bid to join the NATO military alliance.
The comments follow Russia’s seizure of two Ukrainian gunboats, a tugboat and their 24 sailors off the Crimean Peninsula last month and its support for elections in a breakaway region of east Ukraine.
The ambassador says the U.S. …read more
Source: National Newswatch
