Section: CBC (Canada)
ISIS defeat in Iraq and Syria will not be quick or easy, Barack Obama says
U.S. President Barack Obama said his priority is to make sure gains made by the ISIS militant group in Iraq are rolled back, he told reporters at the White House. …read more Source:...
Canadian jets, part of NATO mission, edge closer to Russian airspace
Canadian fighter jets will be patrolling the edge of Russian airspace next week as part of NATO’s response to the unravelling situation in Ukraine. The CF-18s, based at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania, will fly air policing missions over the Baltic states. …read more Source:...
Russian tanks enter Ukraine, fire missiles at border post
Two columns of Russian tanks and military vehicles fired Grad missiles from Russia at a border post in southeastern Ukraine, then rolled into the country Thursday as its overmatched border guards fled, a top Ukrainian official said. …read more Source:...
Russian troops enter Ukraine, says Ukrainian president
The strategic southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists Thursday and Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of the nation’s security council as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. …read more Source:...
Strategic Ukrainian town now firmly under rebel control
The strategically positioned southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appears firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists as concerns grow about the opening of a new front in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russian rebels target strategic Ukrainian port city
Pro-Moscow rebel forces in Ukraine on Thursday gained a foothold on the Azov Sea and their objective is to fight their way down the coast to the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the leader of the main separatist entity told Reuters. …read more Source:...
Rebels enter key government-held Ukrainian town, mayor says
Pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling, the town’s mayor said, capturing new territory far from most of their battles with government troops. …read more Source:...
Ukraine fears rebels want control of land to link Crimea, Russia
A town in east Ukraine came under shellfire by pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday, amid fears that they are launching a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the region. …read more Source:...
Putin meets with Ukrainian president amid border violence
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko, Putin meet while fighting rages near Ukrainian border
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source:...
