Section: CBC (Canada)
Ukraine police trying to defuse hostage situation on bus
An armed man seized a long-distance bus and took people in it hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday, launching an hours-long standoff with police, Ukrainian authorities said. …read more Source::...
Iran blames missile strike that downed Ukrainian airliner on bad communication, poor alignment
Iranian investigators are blaming a misaligned missile battery and miscommunication between soldiers and their commanders for the Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing 176 people, including 57 Canadians. …read more Source::...
Netherlands to sue Russia over downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
The Dutch government on Friday said it would file a suit against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights over the downing of Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine six years ago. …read more Source::...
Families of Flight PS752 victims outraged that UN agency hasn’t condemned the attack
The families of those killed on Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 are expressing frustration over the UN aviation agency’s apparent inability to condemn the destruction of the passenger jet by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. …read more Source::...
Officials probe arrival of 500 puppies, 38 of them dead, aboard flight from Ukraine
Officials at Canada’s busiest airport in Toronto are investigating after the gruesome discovery of dozens of dead and dying dogs aboard a recent flight from Ukraine. …read more Source::...
Ex-president Poroshenko draws thousands of supporters at Ukraine criminal trial
Ukrainian prosecutors dropped a demand on Thursday for former president Petro Poroshenko to be taken into custody while he awaits trial in a criminal case he says is politically motivated. …read more Source::...
Fires near Chornobyl nuclear plant have been put out, Ukraine officials say
Ukrainian emergency officials said Tuesday they have extinguished forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, but acknowledged that grass was still smouldering in some areas. …read more Source::...
Fire raging near Ukraine’s Chornobyl poses radiation risk, activists warn
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chornobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. …read more Source::...
Ukraine battles forest fire near Chornobyl amid elevated radiation levels
Emergency teams in Ukraine on Monday continued battling a forest fire in the contaminated area around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant that has raised radiation fears. …read more Source::...
Canada to cut number of troops in Ukraine due to COVID-19
The Canadian Armed Forces plans to withdraw the 200 troops it currently has in Ukraine and replace them with a skeleton force next month, to hold the fort until the COVID-19 pandemic has passed. …read more Source::...
