Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
Fighting In Ukraine Picks Up Sharply
Though overshadowed by the war in Syria, fighting in eastern Ukraine has picked up sharply in recent weeks, residents along the front line, commanders and European monitors say. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine’s Maidan Massacre: Two Years On A Survivor Remembers
For more than two months, Ivan Rapovyi’s wife forbade him to go to Maidan, the Kiev square protesters called their “island of freedom” as they sought to rid Ukraine of Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovich and his allies. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine Conflict Affects Over Half A Million Children
The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in the east of the country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today, highlighting that 200,000… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Swine Flu Outbreak Kills More Than 300 People In Ukraine
The country’s health minister, Alexander Kvitashvili, urged the public not to panic last month but 3.8 million cases of influenza and Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) have now been reported and transmission shows no sign of slowing. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Russia’s Mixed Signals On Eastern Ukraine
One of the most dangerous elements of Ukraine’s nearly two-year-old conflict remains the unpredictability of its neighbour Russia’s tactics. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
As world powers focus on freezing the conflict in Syria, the war in Ukraine continues unabated
According to international monitoring organizations and soldiers on the front, the fighting has reached levels not seen in months. On Monday, three Ukrainian soldiers were killed and six were wounded, according to a tweet from Col. Oleksander Motuzyank, a military… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Russia was behind a cyber attack on Ukraine’s power grid
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, deputy Energy Secretary, made the comments to a gathering of electric power grid industry executives, according to an U.S. official familiar with her presentation. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Worsening Rights Situation In Eastern Ukraine
A top OSCE official has warned that the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine is worsening and the transatlantic security organization is still barred from entering the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula to investigate alleged abuses there. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine is Approaching a Critical Moment
A great deal has been achieved in the two years since the Euromaidan uprising – now known as the Revolution of Dignity – overthrew the regime of President Viktor Yanukovych. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Time for Canada to Introduce Visa-Free Travel for Ukrainians
In 1891, a century before Canada was among the first countries to recognize Ukraine’s independence, Ukrainian immigrants began arriving in Canada. Despite facing initial hardships, Ukrainians in Canada endured and prospered through will and determination. Most notably, 125 years of subsequent waves of… …read more...
