Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
(Video) Indiscriminate Rocket Fire Slammed into a Market, Schools, Homes and Shops in the Eastern Ukrainian City of Mariupol
Ukrainian officials rushed to defend the strategically important port city as the separatists’ top leader declared that an offensive against it had begun. He later toned down his threats as the scale of civilian casualties became evident. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine Deaths Top 5,050 After Week Of Violence
The death toll from nine months of violence in Ukraine has exceeded 5,050, the United Nations said Friday, and there are fears that the number could be “considerably higher.” …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
War Is Exploding Anew In Ukraine; Rebels Vow More
Unexpectedly, at the height of the Ukrainian winter, war has exploded anew on a half-dozen battered fronts across eastern Ukraine, accompanied by increasing evidence that Russian troops and Russian equipment have been pouring into the region again. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
American soldiers will deploy to Ukraine this spring to begin training four companies of the Ukrainian National Guard
The number of troops heading to the Yavoriv Training Area near the city of L’viv — which is about 40 miles from the Polish border — is still being determined, however. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Politicians Do Not Usually Brandish Big Chunks of Metal When Giving Speeches
Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president, did just that at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos. He had brought with him a bit of a bus destroyed in shelling that killed 13 civilians last week in the east of the country. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Russia And Ukraine Are At War
Moscow won’t admit it, but Russia is at war with Ukraine. It’s hard to draw any other conclusion from reports that Russian regular forces have moved into eastern Ukraine and are attacking Ukrainian military units amid a flare-up of violence… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Donetsk Bus Hit By Mortar As Ukrainian Forces Lose Control Of Airport
A new attempt to create a lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was left in tatters in just a matter of hours, after a trolleybus in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk was apparently hit by mortar fire. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Poroshenko: Russia Sending 9,000 Troops to Back Separatist Rebels in the East of Ukraine
Moscow challenged Poroshenko to present facts to prove his allegations. However, he won support from NATO, which said the amount of heavy military equipment used by Russian troops in eastern Ukraine had increased, and the alliance repeated its call for… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Aid for Ukraine and sanctions, not appeasement, the right answers to Russian aggression
Recently, we have begun to hear voices in Australia who believe that appeasing the Russian bear is in the interests of Australia, Europe, the US and the West more generally. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Poroshenko in Zurich, Switzerland: ‘Sanctions Are Working’ On Russia
In an interview with a small group of reporters, he said that Western sanctions are succeeding in keeping Russia at the negotiating table, even as he accused the Kremlin of sending more than 1,000 troops across the border in recent… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
