Section: Calgary Herald (Canada)
MH17 investigators reach crash site two weeks after Malaysia Airlines jet brought down in Ukraine
Clashes near the wreckage site had kept the international team from reaching the area to retrieve up to 80 bodies that have been lying in open fields …read more Source: Calgary...
Satellite images prove Russia fired rockets into Ukraine after MH17 crash, U.S. says
Russia’s foreign ministry over the weekend accused the U.S. of conducting ‘an unrelenting campaign of slander against Russia, ever more relying on open lies’ …read more Source: Calgary...
Ukraine prepares offensive in hopes of retaking rebel stronghold of Donetsk
Ukrainian officials said their forces advanced to the outskirts of a key town north of Donetsk on Saturday as they try to retake the stronghold held for months by pro-Russia rebels. […] …read more Source: Calgary...
Dutch furious after learning Putin’s daughter lives in the Netherlands, mayor calls for her to be deported
With Dutch anger boiling since Malaysia Airlines was shot down over the Ukraine by Russian-backed rebels, the revelation that Vladimir Putin’s daughter lives in the Netherlands is leading some to call for her to be deported. …read more Source: Calgary...
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says he is resigning amid government turmoil
Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of the parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. “I am announcing my resignation in connect with the collapse of the coalition,” Yatsenyuk said. …read more Source: Calgary...
Pro-Russia rebels use ‘powerful’ anti-aircraft missile to shoot down two Ukrainian fighter jets near MH17 crash site
The insurgents deny having missiles that can hit a passenger jet at cruising altitude — 10,000 metres — but their leader says they can hit a target at 3,500 metres …read more Source: Calgary...
MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands as pro-Russia rebels shoot down Ukrainian fighter jets despite calls for ceasefire
The insurgents deny having missiles that can hit a passenger jet at cruising altitude — 10,000 metres — but their leader says they can hit a target at 3,500 metres …read more Source: Calgary...
Train carrying bodies of Flight 17 victims arrives in Kyiv-controlled Kharkiv
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A train carrying the remains of people killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash arrived in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday on their way to the Netherlands, a journey which has been agonizingly slow for relatives […] …read more Source: Calgary...
John Baird calls on rebels to leave plane crash site, promises more sanctions against Russia
The Harper government says it is planning to slap more people and entities with sanctions over Russia’s continuing military actions against Ukraine. …read more Source: Calgary...
New report questions Canadian Ukraine election monitoring missions
By Mike Blanchfield OTTAWA — A new internal government report has once again raised questions about the Harper government’s penchant for sending large teams of Canadian election monitors to Ukraine. The March report, prepared by an outside consultant for the […] …read more Source: Calgary...
