Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukraine minister calls on Russia to come to ‘real negotiations’ on ending war
Ukraine’s foreign minister is calling on Russia to come to “real negotiations” about a cease-fire and stabilization in Ukraine’s war-torn east which will require fair elections that are internationally monitored. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin places major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday placed a major archaeological site in Crimea, which he has hailed as the country’s most sacred spiritual symbol, under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine will try again for tribunal for downed plane despite Russian veto
Ukraine’s foreign minister said Thursday that the five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago will try again to get U.N. Security Council approval for an international tribunal to prosecute the alleged perpetrators. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia vetoes Security Council proposal on MH17 tribunal
Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia expected to veto UN tribunal on MH17
Russia on Wednesday is expected to veto a UN Security Council resolution to set up an international criminal court to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago. …read more Source: CTV...
Foundation owned by Ukraine’s richest man warns of aid blockade in the east
The biggest supplier of aid to rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine says its mission could fold in two days’ time if rebels continue to block its convoys. …read more Source: CTV...
Right-wing Ukrainian protesters call for referendum
Hundreds of Ukrainian right-wingers were rallying in Kyiv on Tuesday to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly stand-off between radical nationalists and police in the country’s west. …read more Source: CTV...
Lithuania begins dismantling last Soviet-era statues
Workers in Lithuania have begun dismantling the last Soviet statues in the capital, following calls prompted by the Ukraine crisis that symbols of Soviet occupation be removed. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukrainian rebels in country’s east claim to be pulling back smaller weapons
Ukraine’s separatist rebels say they have begun pulling back military vehicles with small-calibre weapons from most of the front line in their war with Ukrainian forces. …read more Source: CTV...
Dutch, Australians, Ukrainians mark deadly MH17 anniversary
Residents of the Ukrainian village where a Malaysian airliner was shot down with 298 people aboard a year ago marched Friday to the crash site. …read more Source: CTV...
