Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
UK and EU Have Been Accused of a “Catastrophic Misreading” of the Mood in the Kremlin
The House of Lords EU committee claimed Europe “sleepwalked” into the crisis. The EU had not realised the depth of Russian hostility to its plans for closer relations with Ukraine, it said. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
It’s Time for the West to Arm Ukraine
It has become something of a mantra among diplomats and other foreign policy analysts that there is no military solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The only viable path to peace and stability, observers almost unanimously proclaim, is… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Rebel Fighters, Many of Them Cossacks, Roamed the Streets of Debaltseve: Laughing, Hugging Each Other and Posing for Photos
Associated Press journalists drove Thursday around about half of the key rail hub that has been the focus of weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and government troops. They found all its neighborhoods under the control of… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Putin Calls West’s Bluff Over Ukraine Peace Deal
Putin has called Europe’s bluff over east Ukraine as Russia-backed separatists seize a strategic town in defiance of a ceasefire brokered by France and Germany. The attack on Debaltseve by rebels loyal to the Russian president amounts to a test… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Putin Latest Victory in Eastern Ukraine is Turning Into a Rout
His forces, including regular Russian army troops, then assaulted the city in brazen violation of a cease-fire. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Leaders Agree To Push Forward With Ukraine Cease-Fire
The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed in a telephone call Thursday on a new push to impose a tattered cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day after Kiev gave up a strategic rail hub to Russia-backed rebels following… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine Calls for Peacekeepers After Rebels Take Key Town
Ukrainian President Poroshenko on Wednesday called for European peacekeepers to enforce a shattered ceasefire deal in east Ukraine after a flashpoint strategic town fell to a fierce assault by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Hundreds of exhausted Ukrainian Forces Staged a Chaotic Retreat from a Strategic Town Besieged by pro-Russian Rebels
The scenes from the railway hub Debaltseve – with Ukrainian soldiers facing fire even as they withdrew over frozen fields – were a stunning reminder of the region’s instability less than week after the announcement of another cease-fire bid. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Can Russia Survive After Ukraine?
While fighting raged in Ukraine a conference brought together economists, politicians and journalists to debate the war’s causes and question Russia’s future. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
How to arm Ukraine without starting WW3
The Feb. 12 Minsk II Ukrainian ceasefire agreement brokered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel is a fragile arrangement. Most analysts hold modest expectations. The past few days are proving them right. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
