Section: Global TV (Canada)
NATO units set for Baltics, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria
NATO is deploying small units in six eastern European nations to help co-ordinate a spearhead force set up in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
EU threatens more sanctions against Russia over crisis in Ukraine
European Union leaders are threatening fresh sanctions against Russia because of what it sees as “growing support” of Moscow for separatists in eastern Ukraine during intensified fighting over the past days. …read more Source: Global...
Leaders mark Auschwitz liberation 70 years on without Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be among other European leaders Tuesday on the anniversary of the death camp’s liberation, his absence coming amid a deep chill between Russia and the West over the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine says intercepted communications show Russian-backed rebels attacked city
KIEV, Ukraine – Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol and killed at least 30 people, President Petro Poroshenko said Sunday during an emergency meeting of his Security Council. U.S. President Barack...
Obama ‘concerned’ about Ukraine violence, approach toward Russia won’t change
NEW DELHI – President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation. Obama says he’ll keep trying to isolate Russia and he will examine options short of military conflict with Russia. Economic penalties...
Rocket fire hits east Ukraine port city of Mariupol, police say 10 killed
KIEV, Ukraine – A crowded open-air market in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire Saturday morning, killing at least 10 people, regional police said. Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea and is the major city between mainland Russia and the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Heavy fighting in the region...
Signs emerge of major Ukraine rebel offensive looming
DONETSK, Ukraine – Signs emerged Friday of a major rebel offensive looming in eastern Ukraine, which has seen a surge in fighting and deadly attacks despite diplomatic efforts to craft a lasting peace deal. One separatist leader said his pro-Russian rebels have launched a multi-pronged offensive and won’t join further peace talks – but left...
Ukraine separatists say 24 fighters killed in attack
DONETSK, Ukraine – Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk. Rebel defence spokesman Eduard Basurin said the terminal was targeted by Ukrainian government forces Friday with Uragan multiple rocket...
13 killed in shelling of city bus in east Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine – A mortar shell hit a bus Thursday in the Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, killing at least 13 people, the city’s leader said. It was not immediately clear which side was responsible for the attack, but angry residents punched and kicked a captured soldier dragged to the scene by the rebels. The mortar killed...
At least seven killed in shelling attack in Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine – Local authorities in the separatist stronghold in east Ukraine say at least seven people have been killed after a city bus was hit by an artillery shell. The shell struck the vehicle Thursday morning in Donetsk, instantly killing numerous passengers and blowing out the windows of a nearby building. A rebel official at the site...
