Section: Metro News (Canada)
Canadians to train Ukrainian military police
KYIV, Ukraine – Canadian soldiers are arriving in Ukraine to help train military police, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson says. The training is part of an agreement Nicholson signed with Ukraine pledging Canadian help in the face of Russian aggression. “The declaration seeks to initiate a process to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian...
U.S. calls on Russia to calm turbulence in Ukraine
BASEL, Switzerland – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that Russia could rebuild its relations with the West “if it simply helps to calm turbulent waters” on its border with eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists are fighting with Kyiv forces. Kerry spoke at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in...
Ukraine minister: No danger after fault at nuclear plant cuts power production
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted the incident poses no danger. Volodymyr Demchishin said that the fault at a power-generating unit No. 3 in the Zaporozhiya plant led to a drop in electricity...
Change of leadership in Crimea brings familiar property grab
YALTA, Ukraine – One day in October, a dozen armed men in masks drove up to the gates of Yalta Film Studios. They weren’t actors, and this was no make-believe. It was a hostile takeover, and the movie sets, littered with debris from a Crimean War reenactment and a faux Mexican village, were the target. “They forced all the employees onto...
Tory MP James Bezan personally delivers Ukraine aid
OTTAWA – Canada’s junior defence minister has twice accompanied the delivery of non-lethal military aid to Ukraine in photo-friendly events which initially caught the air force off guard. A series of documents released under the Access to Information Act show Conservative MP James Bezan and a staffer were last minute additions to a C-130J...
Ukraine schools turns to the Internet for education during conflict
DONETSK, Ukraine – Like most children his age, Denis Akimov spends hours daily on his computer surfing the Internet. It isn’t just for fun. As schools are forced to limit operations in the conflict-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, educators are turning to the Web to keep their charges learning. It is an ingenious solution, even...
Canada sends army parkas to Ukrainian troops
OTTAWA – Canada will send the Ukrainian army more than $22 million worth of cold-weather gear, including jackets and boots, Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said Wednesday. The donations come from surplus military stocks. The green clothing dates from the late 1990s, said a Defence official, who also indicated that white camouflage winter smocks...
France suspends delivery of warship to Russia
PARIS – France suspended the delivery of a warship to Russia on Tuesday, after months of speculation about what would be the biggest arms sale ever by a NATO country to the Kremlin. The French president’s office announced the suspension “until further notice” after growing pressure from allies due to tensions over Russia’s actions in...
Rob Nicholson urges Putin to get out of Ukraine
HALIFAX – Defence Minister Rob Nicholson called on Russia to get out of Ukraine on Saturday, saying that what’s happening there is “completely unacceptable.” Speaking at the International Security Forum in Halifax, Nicholson told delegates during a panel discussion that the people of Ukraine deserve the freedom they fought for. Nicholson...
Putin says Moscow won’t allow Ukraine rebels to fail
MOSCOW – The leaders of Russia and Germany squared off over Ukraine from opposite sides of the globe, with Vladimir Putin warning that Moscow will not accept a defeat for the pro-Russian rebels and Angela Merkel accusing the Kremlin of undermining peace across Europe. But despite the harsh rhetoric, European Union foreign ministers refrained from...
