Section: CTV (Canada)
Shelling near airport in east Ukraine shakes fragile ceasefire
Several residential neighbourhoods in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have come under repeated shelling, imperiling a fragile ceasefire agreement imposed last week. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine ‘still in a state of war,’ country’s PM says
Ukraine is ‘still in a state of war’ with neighbouring Russia despite a cease-fire between Kyiv’s forces and Moscow-backed rebels in the east, the country’s prime minister said Saturday shortly after a second convoy of Russian trucks rolled into Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine government, rebels exchange prisoners as part of ceasefire deal
Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebel forces on Friday exchanged dozens of prisoners who had been captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, part of a ceasefire deal that has struggled to succeed. …read more Source: CTV...
EU slaps new economic sanctions on Russia
The European Union has decided to slap new economic sanctions on Russia — including ones targeting the country’s vital oil industry — for what it sees as Moscow’s meddling in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Eastern Ukraine promised autonomy, not independence
Ukraine’s president promised Wednesday to introduce a bill to parliament as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to rebellious regions in the pro-Russia east, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine promises rebellious eastern region autonomy, not independence
Ukraine’s president promised Wednesday to introduce a bill to parliament as early as next week that would offer greater autonomy to rebellious regions in the pro-Russia east, where separatists have been battling government troops for almost five months. …read more Source: CTV...
Donetsk, Ukraine rocked by overnight shelling
Shelling continued overnight in eastern Ukraine despite a ceasefire, injuring one woman, the city council of Donetsk said Tuesday. …read more Source: CTV...
‘High-energy objects’ likely downed Malaysia Airlines MH17: report
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple ‘high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,’ causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine ceasefire holding; Poroshenko to visit Mariupol
A ceasefire between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops appeared to be largely holding Monday in eastern Ukraine, a day after shelling and clashes rattled nerves and imperiled the peace deal. …read more Source: CTV...
Ceasefire holding in Ukraine; Poroshenko to visit Mariupol
A ceasefire between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops appeared to be largely holding Monday in eastern Ukraine, a day after shelling and clashes rattled nerves and imperiled the peace deal. …read more Source: CTV...
