Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukrainian civilian cargo plane goes down in Algeria
A Ukrainian civilian cargo plane crashed in the mountains near the far southern desert city of Tamanrasset in the early hours of the morning Saturday, reported the state news agency. …read more Source: CTV...
EU to slap new sanctions on Russia
A top European Union official said Saturday that the 28-nation bloc is set to decide new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine’s president warned the conflict with Moscow threatens peace and stability for Europe as a whole. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian-backed separatists aim to push west along Ukraine’s coast
Their tanks bearing the flag of their would-be state, Russian-backed separatists held control Friday over this coastal town on the new front in the Ukraine conflict and announced their intention to keep pushing west toward a major port city. …read more Source: CTV...
Analysis: Russian troops in Ukraine a ‘game-changer’
The presence of 1,000 Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine “is a game-changer” in the months-long conflict with Russian-backed separatists, says one analyst, but it remains unlikely that the international community will be dragged into a full-scale war. …read more Source: CTV...
Pro-Russia separatists in firm control of strategic coastal town
Pro-Russia separatists, relaxed and well-equipped, held firm control on Friday of the strategic coastal town of Novoazovsk, a day after Ukraine claimed tanks and armoured vehicles had invaded from Russia. …read more Source: CTV...
Pro-Russian rebels, Ukraine military targeting civilians: UN
Around three dozen people a day are being killed in eastern Ukraine where both sides target civilians in violation of international law and the death toll has risen to at least 2,220, the UN human rights office said Friday. …read more Source: CTV...
Putin calls on separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on pro-Russian separatists to release Ukrainian soldiers who have been surrounded by the rebels in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
UN Security Council holds emergency session on Ukraine
The UN Security Council is preparing to meet in emergency session on the growing crisis in Ukraine. Diplomats said Thursday that the council will meet at 2 p.m. at the request of Lithuania. …read more Source: CTV...
Two tank columns from Russia enter Ukraine
Two columns of Russian tanks and military vehicles fired Grad missiles at a border post in southeastern Ukraine, then rolled into the country Thursday as Ukraine’s overmatched border guards fled, a top Ukrainian official said. …read more Source: CTV...
President: Russian forces have entered Ukraine
“Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” the country’s president declared Thursday, cancelling a foreign trip and calling an emergency meeting of his security council. Reports from analysts to separatist rebels to NATO and U.S. officials backed up that assessment. …read more Source: CTV...
