Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukrainian president dissolves parliament and announces early elections in October
Ukraine’s president on Monday dissolved parliament and called for early elections in October as his country continues to battle a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine claims Russian tanks incursion; Moscow plans 2nd aid convoy
A Ukrainian official says a column of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles has crossed into the country in the far southeast, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place. …read more Source: CTV...
Russia to send 2nd aid convoy to Ukraine
Russia announced plans Monday to send a second aid convoy into rebel-held eastern Ukraine, where months of fighting have left many residential buildings in ruins. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine independence day: Rival demonstrations in Kyiv, Donetsk
As armoured vehicles rumbled through downtown Kyiv in an ostentatious celebration of Ukraine’s independence, pro-Russian rebels who are battling government forces in the east paraded prisoners of war down the streets of Donetsk and displayed wreckage of destroyed Ukrainian tanks. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine unveils $3B boost to defence budget against pro-Russia rebels
Ukraine’s president announced plans Sunday to boost his country’s defence spending by an estimated 50 per cent as government forces seek to overpower pro-Russian separatists in the east. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian trucks return empty from eastern Ukraine
Hundreds of trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border Saturday into Russia but questions about alleged Russian artillery in Ukraine still remained. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian aid convoy latest act of desperation from Moscow: analysts
A Russian convoy sent into Ukraine in violation of the country’s borders is the latest act of desperation from Moscow as rebels continue to lose key ground, analysts say. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian trucks return from rebel-held eastern Ukraine
Hundreds of trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border into Russia on Saturday. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian aid trucks return from rebel-held eastern Ukraine
Hundreds of trucks from a bitterly disputed Russian aid convoy to rebel-held eastern Ukraine rolled back across the border into Russia on Saturday. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine government calls arrival of massive Russian aid convoy a ‘direct invasion’
Frustrated by a week of delays, Russia sent over 130 aid trucks rolling into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without the approval of the government in Kyiv. Ukraine called the move a “direct invasion” that aimed to provoke an international incident. …read more Source: CTV...
