Section: CBC (Canada)
Russia hacked into Ukraine artillery units, report claims
A hacking group linked to the Russian government and high-profile cyberattacks against Democrats during the U.S. presidential election likely used a malware implant on Android devices to track and target Ukrainian artillery units from late 2014 through 2016, according to a new report released Thursday. …read more Source:...
Russia manoeuvres warships as Ukraine conducts missile tests
Warships from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have taken up position off Crimea’s western coastline to help strengthen the peninsula’s air defences in response to the start of Ukrainian missile tests nearby, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Germany to host eastern Ukraine peace talks
Germany says it will host a meeting on Wednesday between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and France to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine — their first summit in a year. …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks 75th anniversary of WWII Babi Yar massacre
Ukraine on Thursday marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of the Second World War. …read more Source:...
Families get answers, but little closure from report on passenger jet downed by missile
Evidence released Wednesday showing Malaysian Air Flight MH17 was brought down by a Russian missile answers some questions for the Toronto-area family of a passenger on the flight, but they don’t expect it to bring any resolution. …read more Source:...
Malaysian jet downed by launcher from Russia, probe finds
Dutch-led criminal investigators say they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down by a Buk missile moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. …read more Source:...
Polls open in Russia’s parliamentary elections
Dozens of right-wing activists are blocking the entrance to Russia’s embassy in the Ukrainian capital, where a polling station has been set up for Russian citizens who wish to vote in their country’s parliamentary elections. …read more Source:...
U.S. halts airstrike after Russia says Syrian forces hit, 62 dead
The U.S. military says it halted an air raid against the Islamic State group in eastern Syria after being told by Russia that it might have struck Syrian government forces, resulting in the deaths of 62 Syrian soldiers, according to Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defence Ministry spokesman. …read more Source:...
‘The show must go on’ for defrauded and destitute Moldova: Don Murray
Moldova is a mess, but it’s also a laboratory. The men running the experiment are in the Kremlin. It’s in Moldova where post-Soviet leaders have tested the techniques also used in Georgia and Ukraine to destabilize those countries to try to keep them under Moscow’s influence. And in Moldova, Don Murray writes, the experiment...
Trump campaign chairman resigns
Paul Manafort quits as Trump campaign chairman in wake of shake-up, revelations about work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
