Section: CTV (Canada)
Air Force jet shot down by missile from Russian plane: Ukraine
A spokesman for Ukraine’s Security Council says an Air Force fighter jet has been struck and shot down by a missile fired from a Russian plane. …read more Source: CTV...
U.S., EU to impose stricter sanctions on Russia over actions in Ukraine
Struggling to defuse the persistent crisis in Ukraine, both the U.S. and European Union imposed new economic sanctions on Russia Wednesday, with President Barack Obama declaring that Russian leaders must see that their actions supporting rebels “have consequences.” …read more Source: CTV...
EU leaders order stricter sanctions for Russia over actions in Ukraine
European Union leaders ordered tougher sanctions against Russia on Wednesday because of its actions in Ukraine, asking the European Investment Bank to sign no new financing agreements with Moscow. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebels claim comeback in fight for eastern Ukraine
Separatist rebels said they retook a village near the Russian border from government forces Wednesday as both sides pressed to claim territory in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Airstrike demolishes apartment block in Ukraine, killing 11
An airstrike in eastern Ukraine sent an apartment building crumpling to the ground Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and adding to the steadily mounting civilian death toll from the fighting between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents. …read more Source: CTV...
Airstrike demolishes apartment block in Snizhne, Ukraine
An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine orphans become pawns in civil conflict
As fighting between insurgent and government troops closes in on the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the 130 or so children living at Donetsk Orphanage No. 1 find themselves in the middle of a tug of war. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine says military plane shot down by rocket
A Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down Monday along the country’s eastern border with Russia but all eight people aboard managed to bail out safely, the defence ministry said. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine: Military plane shot down by rocket
A Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down Monday along the country’s eastern border with Russia, the defence minister said. …read more Source: CTV...
1 killed by Ukrainian shell in border town: Russian foreign ministry
Russia’s foreign ministry said Sunday that a Ukrainian shell hit a town on the Russian border, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. But Ukraine denied firing a shell into Russian territory. …read more Source: CTV...
