Section: CTV (Canada)
FBI works to thwart major cyberattack on Ukraine
The FBI has put a spoke in the wheel of a major Russian digital disruption operation potentially aimed at causing havoc in Ukraine, evidence pieced together from researchers, Ukrainian officials and U.S. court documents indicates. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a large construction truck to open the much-anticipated bridge linking southern Russia and the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine computer involved in Tennessee elections attack
Investigators found evidence of a “malicious intrusion” into a Tennessee county’s elections website from a computer in Ukraine during a concerted cyberattack, which likely caused the site to crash just as it was reporting vote totals in this month’s primary. …read more Source: CTV...
School poisoning sends 52 to hospital in Ukraine
Authorities in Ukraine are investigating an outbreak of sickness believed to be a poisoning that sent 50 students and two teachers to the hospital in the city of Cherkasy. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukrainian lawmakers must leave guns outside parliament
Ukraine’s parliament has approved a bill requiring lawmakers to lock up their guns before entering the chamber. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine grateful for U.S. weapons, Russia voices outrage
The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, a long-awaited move that deepens America’s involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Russia. Moscow responded angrily on Saturday. …read more Source: CTV...
Trump and Putin discuss Syria, North Korea in phone call
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also were on the agenda, the White House said. …read more Source: CTV...
Mueller grand jury investigating top D.C. lobbyists
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury is investigating a prominent Democratic lobbyist and a former GOP congressman for involvement in an influence campaign on behalf of Ukrainian interests tied to Paul Manafort. …read more Source: CTV...
Trump-Russia probe timeline of key events
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, who face 12 criminal indictments as a result of Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, began work in 2006 as consultants for the Party of Regions, a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine led by Victor Yanukovych. …read more Source: CTV...
Former NATO head says Putin is ‘laughing’ at how much he’s achieved
The former NATO chief and adviser to Ukraine’s leader said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘must be laughing’ at how successfully he’s undermined Western democracy and exploited the Trump administration’s mixed messages. …read more Source: CTV...
