Section: Metro News (Canada)
Army begins next rotation of troops in Poland
VALCARTIER, Que. – About 90 soldiers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier, Que., have deployed to Poland as part of a NATO response to Russian actions in central and eastern Europe. Over the next month, approximately 200 soldiers will take over Operation Reassurance duties from the 4th Canadian Division’s 2 Canadian...
Ukraine wants Canadian TV programs
KYIV, Ukraine – “The Littlest Hobo,” “Anne of Green Gables,” maybe even “Flashpoint” could find a new lease on life in Ukraine as the country’s broadcasting council scrambles to fill TV screens with something other than Russian programming, says a senior Ukrainian official. To counter — both real and perceived — propaganda throughout the...
Kenney tours Ukraine training centre
KYIV, Ukraine – Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says. He was scheduled to tour the multi-national centre at Yavoriv, near the Polish border, on Saturday where the roughly 200 combat instructors will set up shop in the coming weeks. Both...
Ukraine’s Azov regiment will ‘absolutely’ not get training from Canada: Jason Kenney
KYIV, Ukraine – Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the notorious ultra-nationalist Azov regiment will “absolutely” be excluded from the training Canadian military advisers are about to deliver in Ukraine. The paramilitary unit, which says it is the victim of a Russian smear campaign, called on Canada to refute claims that it is full of neo-Nazis...
Azov Regiment looking to Canada for credibility
KYIV, Ukraine – A notorious ultra-nationalist paramilitary group in Ukraine is appealing to Canada to bestow credibility on them and burnish their image. Alexander Alferov, a spokesman for the Azov Regiment, says Canada is a “noble-minded nation” and should publicly reject the characterization of the group as neo-Nazi thugs. The comments were...
Cdn military to field Ukraine training mission
KYIV, Ukraine – It will be the middle of summer at the earliest before the Canadian military fields its military training mission to Ukraine, which is likely to play out against a backdrop of escalating violence in breakaway eastern regions. Canadian soldiers will also hit the ground just as the Harper government prepares to do electoral battle...
Canadian troops arrive in Ukraine this summer
KYIV, Ukraine – It will be mid-to-late summer before the Canadian military fields its highly-touted military training mission to Ukraine and the troops are expected to arrive against a backdrop of rising violence in breakaway eastern regions. They will also hit the ground just as the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper prepares to do...
Tea, caviar and a night with Vladimir Putin
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – When the heads of the world’s major news agencies sat down a year ago with Vladimir Putin at a St. Petersburg palace, they were treated to a long, sumptuous meal of Crimean flounder, a dish evidently chosen not only for its delicacy but for the political statement. This year it was tea and caviar at the stroke of...
Jeb Bush: U.S. should send more troops to Eastern Europe to stop Putin
BERLIN – The United States should consider sending thousands more U.S. troops along with NATO forces to Eastern Europe to match the strength Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing along the former Soviet bloc nations’ eastern border, Republican Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said Wednesday. Capping the two-day German leg of a European...
International survey shows a world divided on Ukraine, Putin
Canadians and Americans are distinctly hawkish when it comes to Ukraine, more willing to push back against Russia than almost all their NATO allies, including the United Kingdom, a major international survey confirms. Barely 5 per cent of Canadians blame Ukraine for the festering conflict that has blurred its eastern borders, fewer than any other...
