Section: CTV (Canada)
NATO ministers condemn Russia, announce support for Ukraine
NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday condemned what they called Russia’s ‘continued and deliberate destabilization’ in Ukraine, and announced new assistance for Ukraine’s military. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine agrees on new ceasefire with separatist rebels
Ukrainian government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk region have agreed on a new ceasefire, international monitors said. …read more Source: CTV...
Pope, patriarch seek peace, dialogue in Ukraine
Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians have called for peace in Ukraine and for all sides to pursue dialogue based on international law to resolve the conflict. …read more Source: CTV...
Pro-Western Ukraine parliament opens for first session
Ukraine’s parliament opened for its inaugural session Thursday since an election last month that ushered in a spate of pro-Western parties. …read more Source: CTV...
NATO commander says Russia still braced for incursion into Ukraine
NATO’s top commander says Russia still has enough troops stationed on Ukraine’s border to mount a major incursion, and that it is using its military might to affect political developments inside Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
All wreckage from Flight MH17 recovered in Ukraine
Workers have recovered all of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, more than four months after the passenger jet was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
UN says killings, displacement on the rise in Ukraine
United Nations human rights investigators say the number of killings and people displaced by fighting in Ukraine continues to rise despite the Sept. 5 announcement of a cease-fire. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine is preparing for assault on the east, Russia’s Lavrov says
Russia’s foreign policy chief on Wednesday claimed that Ukraine’s decision to freeze budget payments to the eastern rebel-held territories could be a precursor to a military onslaught. …read more Source: CTV...
Tough stances from Putin, Merkel over Ukraine
The leaders of Russia and Germany squared off over Ukraine from opposite sides of the globe, with Vladimir Putin warning that Moscow will not accept a defeat for the pro-Russian rebels and Angela Merkel accusing the Kremlin of undermining peace across Europe. …read more Source: CTV...
Peace in east Ukraine is possible, Putin says, but not now
Russia’s president said he believes peace in Ukraine is possible but that neither side is fully holding up a truce struck in September. …read more Source: CTV...
