Section: CBC (Canada)
Ukraine fighting rages despite ceasefire deal
The Ukrainian government and the separatist rebels blamed each other Friday for violating a fragile ceasefire dozens of times, sparking fears of wider hostilities in war-torn eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine says rebels continue attacks despite ceasefire deal
Separatist rebels fired on Ukrainian positions nearly 50 times in the past 24 hours and Russia is sending more tanks into Ukraine despite a ceasefire that was supposed to take effect five days ago, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Friday. …read more Source:...
Russian bike gang leader, Putin’s friend, put on Canada’s sanctions list
Among the executives and military officials included in the latest list of individuals targeted for sanctions by Canada over the conflict in Ukraine is Alexander Zaldostanov, a bike gang leader who is a mainstay of the Kremlin and a close personal friend of Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fighting rages despite bid to revive ceasefire
Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a still-born ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists who spurned the truce forced thousands of government troops out of a strategic town. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict: Petro Poroshenko says seizure of Debaltseve contrary to ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking by telephone on Thursday with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Germany and France, said the rebel seizure of the town of Debaltseve had been contrary to the ceasefire agreement they reached last week. …read more Source:...
Putin’s ghostly victory in eastern Ukraine: Don Murray
The fighting in eastern Ukraine has created ghost towns, a ghost ceasefire and, now perhaps, a ghost victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Don Murray writes. He and the Russian separatists he supports are the current victors of a battered landscape. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict: Petro Poroshenko wants UN peacekeepers deployed
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called for UN peacekeepers to be deployed to monitor a ceasefire in east Ukraine, a proposal that pro-Russia rebels swiftly said would be in breach of a peace deal. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict: Government forces retreat from Debaltseve
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says government forces have been pulled out of the railroad junction of Debaltseve, the epicentre of recent fierce fighting with separatist soldiers. …read more Source:...
Ukraine conflict: Government forces retreat from contested railroad town
Pro-government forces began on Wednesday to pull out of the town of Debaltseve which is under siege from Russian-backed rebels, commanders of pro-government paramilitary units said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fighting rages on amid conflicting claims and no ceasefire
Several Ukrainian government soldiers have been ambushed and taken prisoners in Debaltseve, the defence ministry says, but it denies rebel claims that they have seized control of the key transportation hub. …read more Source:...
