Section: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and USA (Canada)
Tech Sector Leading Ukraine’s Pro-European Revival
It has been a year since President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign Ukraine’s EU Association Agreement, unleashing the Maidan Square street protests in Kiev that led to his ousting. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Poroshenko intends to prepare his country for European Union (EU) and NATO Membership within 6 Years
Some of his fellow East Europeans who are already members of both organisations will actively encourage that ambition, while leaders of NATO and EU will do their best to rain on Poroshenko’s parade. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Canada will send the Ukrainian army more than $22 million worth of cold-weather gear
The donations come from surplus military stocks. The green clothing dates from the late 1990s, said a Defence official, who also indicated that white camouflage winter smocks will not be among the donated items being loaded on a C-17 transport… …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Child soldiers appear to be playing a part on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine
A boy as young as 15 has been shown training pro-Russian separatist recruits in how to handle weapons, while Ukrainian media have told the story of a 17-year-old volunteer sapper. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Germany Vows To Keep Russia Sanctions For Ukraine Impasse
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said sanctions against Russia will stay as long as the government in Moscow does little to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine leveled fresh charges that Russia was sending support to pro-Russian separatists in the east
The latest accusations come amid a standstill in diplomatic efforts to end the six-month conflict in the east in which the United Nations says more than 4,300 people have been killed. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Stand With Ukraine (Video)
Stand With Ukraine (Video) …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine will hold a referendum on joining NATO once it has met certain criteria for membership
At a joint news conference with Lithuania’s president, Mr Poroshenko said he had “worked out the criteria”, but gave no further details. Last week, a Kremlin official called for “a 100% guarantee” that Ukraine would not think about joining NATO. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government
The U.S. and other Western governments are criticizing Kiev’s tardiness in putting together a government following October elections – with suspicions that the delay is due to rivalry between Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk over control of key portfolios. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
Conspiracy Or Cock-Up In Ukraine?
This is what former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, subsequently driven from office by mass protests in Kiev, said to German Chancellor Angela Merkel just one year ago, at the start of the crisis. …read more Source: Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada and...
