Section: CBC (Canada)
G7 leaders arrive in Bavaria for 2-day summit
U.S. President Barack Obama said Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday would discuss standing up to Russian aggression in Ukraine amid an upsurge in violence there that monitors have blamed on Moscow-backed separatists. …read more Source:...
Stephen Harper lands in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for more G7 sanctions on Russia
Stephen Harper arrived in Kyiv early Saturday as Ukraine’s envoy urged the prime minister to push his fellow G7 leaders into a strong political stand against the latest Russian aggression. …read more Source:...
Ukraine urges Canada to push for more G7 sanction against Russia
Ukraine’s envoy is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to push his fellow G7 leaders into a strong political stand against the latest Russian aggression, but says his country can make do without weapons from the West. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko warns of threat of ‘full-scale invasion’ from Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday there were 9,000 Russian servicemen on Ukrainian territory and warned of the threat of a “full-scale invasion” by Russia along the whole joint border. …read more Source:...
Ukraine minister says fighting could resume in country’s east
Ukraine’s defence minister said on Thursday Russia had moved forces into eastern Ukraine and there was a risk of fighting resuming between the army and pro-Russian separatists in coming months. …read more Source:...
Sweden wins 60th Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden won the 60th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, finishing ahead of Russia, whose contestant received some boos as the Ukraine conflict spilled over into the continent’s largest songfest. …read more Source:...
Russian officers captured, Ukraine says
The Ukrainian government on Sunday claimed to have captured two Russian officers who were operating in the rebel-controlled area. …read more Source:...
Russia fumes, lashes out at the West’s VE-Day snub: Brian Stewart
After the end of the Cold War, VE-Day became the occasion to bring former wartime allies Russia and the West together. Today, amid the tensions over Ukraine, it seems to have become a week simply to unleash history’s demons, Brian Stewart writes. …read more Source:...
Russia says foreign troops in Ukraine could ‘destabilize’ fragile Ukraine situation
The Kremlin said Friday the arrival of about 300 U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kyiv’s National Guard could destabilize the situation in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source:...
Russia says foreign troops in Ukraine could ‘destabilise’ fragile Ukraine situation
The Kremlin said Friday the arrival of about 300 U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kyiv’s National Guard could destabilize the situation in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source:...
