Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
Ukraine’s Mariupol Holds Its Breath For Next Rebel Move
Scanning the sky for incoming artillery fire has become a force of habit for Ukrainian beetroot-seller Svetlana Kumurzhi, who dived under her wooden stall in government-held Mariupol when shells rained down a month ago. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Nemtsov And The Crisis In Ukraine
After the shock and grief associated with the sudden murder of Boris Nemtsov, the former Russian deputy Prime Minister under President Boris Yeltsin, speculation grew about who killed him. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora raises $52,000 for troops at Toronto event
Four Ukrainian soldiers kneel in a line as a rebel army commander yells in their faces and slaps one, hard. In Toronto, a gathering of Ukrainian-Canadians watches the scene unfold in a video from January presented by a volunteer activist… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
War-torn Ukraine is a Long Way from Wood Dale, Illinois
But Natalie Jaresko, the country’s new finance minister who was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, says she feels just as much at home here as she takes on a daunting task: overhauling a Soviet-era economy at a time… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
The U.S. is Providing Spy-Satellite Imagery to Ukraine to Help in Its Fight Against Russia-backed Rebels
The White House agreed last year to Ukraine’s request to provide the photos and other intelligence. But before delivering them, U.S. officials black out military staging areas on Russian territory and reduce the resolution so that enemy formations can’t be… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine Forces Outmanned, Outgunned By Pro-Russian Rebels
Ukraine’s recent losses to separatist forces underscore how much its military is outmanned and outgunned by an adversary backed by Russian might and a willingness to commit troops and arms to the fight. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Canada quietly tiptoes into Ukraine-Russia war
As debate over Canada’s role in the latest Iraq war rages, Ottawa is quietly being drawn into a second, more dangerous, conflict. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
US Inching Toward Sending Arms To Ukraine
The failure of a European-brokered ceasefire to put an end to the fighting in eastern Ukraine is likely to increase pressure on President Barack Obama to send weapons to Ukraine’s government despite objections by Germany and other key European allies. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Europe Throws Ukraine Under The Bus
The battle for Debaltseve is over. On February 18, Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president, ordered his troops to withdraw from the city in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Alex Len’s Grandparents Can Hear the Gunfire from their Home in Eastern Ukraine, Where Russian-Backed Separatists
Local police have abandoned his hometown, leaving gangs to roam the streets and terrorize residents. A half-world away, the 21-year-old center is showing he belongs in the NBA, displaying the skills that led the Phoenix Suns chose him fifth overall… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
