Section: CTV (Canada)
Ukraine troops recapture 17 villages from pro-Russia separatists
Ukrainian troops have recaptured more than a dozen eastern villages from pro-Russia separatists but Russia is allowing the rebels to attack Ukrainian border posts from its territory, a top security official said Friday. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine military shakeup aimed at reducing corruption
Ukraine’s president shook up the leadership of his poorly performing military on Thursday, appointing a new defence minister and top general tasked with stamping out the corruption that has left the country’s armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine, Russia agree on steps for renewed cease-fire
Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine where fighting between government troops and pro-Russia separatists has taken more than 400 lives since April. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine, Russia move toward renewed ceasefire
Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meeting in Berlin have agreed Wednesday on a series of steps for a resumption of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine, Russia move toward renewed cease-fire
Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France meeting in Berlin have agreed on a series of steps for a resumption of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
Mortar attack on border post leave one dead, 8 wounded: Ukraine
Ukraine’s border guards service says a serviceman was killed and eight were wounded when a post on the border with Russia came under heavy mortar attack. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine renews military attacks against rebels after president ends cease-fire
Ukraine renewed its attacks against armed pro-Russia separatists Tuesday after the president called off a unilateral cease-fire, carrying out air and artillery strikes against rebel positions in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: CTV...
‘We will free our country’: Ukraine’s president ends unilateral ceasefire
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was abandoning a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and sending military forces back on the offensive after talks with Russia and European leaders failed to start a broader peace process. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine ceasefire expires with no immediate moves for extension
The fragile, 10-day cease-fire in eastern Ukraine expired Monday night with no immediate word from the country’s president on whether he would extend it, and no sign that the pro-Moscow separatists had met his demands to ease the violence. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine’s president talks with Putin, Merkel, Hollande ahead of peace plan deadline
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tried to keep his peace plan to settle the conflict with pro-Russian separatists on track in a four-way phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany. …read more Source: CTV...