Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukraine officials scramble to quell anger after child killed by military vehicle
Residents in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka have angrily confronted regional officials over an accident in which an armoured military vehicle struck and killed a 6-year old girl. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia launches large-scale military manoeuvres in the Arctic
The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military manoeuvres in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia was prepared to raise nuclear readiness over Crimea crisis: Putin
Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year’s tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine’s president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian forces helped ousted Yanukovych flee Ukraine: Putin
In a new documentary about Russia’s annexation of Crimea, President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych escape to Russia. …read more Source: CTV...
U.S. to send Ukraine more aid, including small drones and Humvees
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden told Ukraine’s president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include small drones and armoured Humvees. …read more Source: CTV...
Poroshenko says heavy weapons withdrawal almost complete
Ukraine’s president says government and Russian-backed separatist forces have pulled back the bulk of their artillery and rocket launchers from the front line in the east, in compliance with a cease-fire deal. …read more Source: CTV...
German ambassador says Obama agreed not to send lethal aid to Ukraine
President Barack Obama agreed last month not to send lethal defensive aid to Ukraine, a top German diplomat said Monday, as lawmakers from both parties continued to press the president to shore up Ukraine’s beleaguered military in its fight against Russian-backed separatists. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin describes secret meeting when Russia decided to annex Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described a secret meeting with officials last year when Russia decided it would take Crimea – the Black Sea region Moscow annexed from Ukraine last March. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine claims to pull back weapons as Saturday deadline is reached
Ukraine’s military says it is completing its pullback of heavy weapons under the terms of a peace agreement aimed at ending the war with separatist rebels that has killed more than 6,000 people. …read more Source: CTV...
Witness in Boris Nemtsov murder receiving death threats
Authorities in Ukraine say the sole witness in the killing in Moscow of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov has received death threats since returning to her family home in Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
