Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
Ukraine’s Parliament Took a Historic Step Towards NATO – Drawing Swift Condemnation from Russia
MPs in the government-controlled chamber overwhelmingly adopted a bill dropping Ukraine’s non-aligned status – a classification given to states such as Switzerland that refuse to join military alliances and thus play no part in wars. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukrainian-Canadians Answering Call of the Homeland
Canadians of Ukrainian ancestry have raised $2.4 million in aid and donated time and talents to supporting Ukraine in the conflict with Russian-backed opposition. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Canada Under Pressure to Strengthen Ukraine Crisis Response
The Conservative government is under pressure over its refusal to provide “lethal” military aid to Ukraine or to sanction three Russians tied to both Vladimir Putin and Canadian businesses. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukrainian parliament has renounced the country’s “non-aligned” status with the aim of eventually joining NATO
Kiev first announced its intention of seeking the protection of NATO membership in August, following what it deemed the open participation of Russia’s military in a separatist war in Ukraine’s eastern provinces. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Top Russian Allies Distance Themselves From Putin, Support Ukraine
Kazakhstan, one of the principal allies of Russia, renewed Monday its military cooperation with Ukraine, to which it promised vital supplies of coal, following a visit to Kiev the day before by the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Why Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Have Given Up Hope Of Returning Home
With armed men roaming the streets and war closing in, Lena Nahiba decided to escape from rebel-held Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. She took her six children with her. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine May Stop Supplying Electricity to Separatist-held Eastern Regions
Ukraine used to be self-sufficient in electricity, but months of fighting the pro-Russian uprising has disrupted coal supplies to thermal power plants, which traditionally generate around 40 percent of the country’s power. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Belarus President Offers Support To Ukraine
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Kiev Sunday to offer his support as Ukraine struggles with its pro-Russian separatist insurgency and to try to revive stalled peace talks. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine Foils Russian-Backed Terror Plot
Ukraine’s security service says it has foiled a Russian-backed terrorist plot aimed at causing mass casualties in the capital Kiev. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Weapon Of War In East Ukraine
A deteriorating humanitarian situation amid the hardship of an approaching winter in east Ukraine is giving the Ukrainian national government an opening to turn the local population against Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
