Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukraine’s disabled children condemned to life in institutions: group
An international rights group says growing numbers of disabled children in Ukraine are being condemned to life in orphanages and institutions blighted by neglect and abuse. …read more Source: CTV...
Canada’s decision to join military training in Ukraine ‘deplorable’: Russia
The Harper government’s decision to join a U.S.-led military training mission Ukraine has drawn a sharp rebuke from Russia. …read more Source: CTV...
Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine reported overnight
Fighting raged overnight and in the early hours on Tuesday on the outskirts of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite an agreement reached by the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministers a day earlier. …read more Source: CTV...
Fighting picks up in eastern Ukraine after weeks of calm
Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: CTV...
Fighting picks up in eastern Ukraine
The military conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government forces has killed more than 6,000 but has largely subsided since the ceasefire was announced in February and at least some heavy weaponry withdrawn. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia blasts Ukraine laws banning Communist-era symbols
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced Ukraine for new laws that ban symbols of the former Communist regime and recognize partisans who fought against the Red Army as freedom-fighters. …read more Source: CTV...
Amnesty accuses Ukraine separatists of killing captive soldiers
Amnesty International said Thursday that it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine have killed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source: CTV...
Amnesty accuses Ukraine separatists of executing soldiers
Amnesty International says it has evidence that Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine executed several captured government soldiers in gross violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko lifts objections to vote on regional power
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that he does not object to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia-backed rebel leader says Kyiv blocking ‘Minsk deal’
A rebel leader in eastern Ukraine on Monday accused the Kyiv government of hampering a political solution for the conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives. …read more Source: CTV...
