Section: National Post (Canada)
Stephen Harper visits Ukraine promising more aid as fighting intensifies in Donetsk region
Adrian Wyld / CANADIAN PRESSPrime Minister Stephen Harper speaks as Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk looks on during a visit to the Academic Institute of the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for Training of Specialists for Public Safety, Psychological Service and National Guard of Ukraine Units in Kyiv, Ukraine Saturday...
Matthew Fisher: Merkel may have become the de facto leader of the G7, but Putin still stymies her
Comment from Kyiv, Ukraine German Chancellor Angela Merkel may be at the pinnacle of her power as Europe’s “Iron Frau,” but the G7’s longest-serving leader will be sharing the spotlight with the missing man from Moscow when the group’s leaders’ summit begins Sunday in the Bavarian Alps. Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
Ukraine’s president warns army to prepare for a ‘full scale’ Russian invasion: ‘We must be truly ready’
Ukraine’s president has warned his army to be ready to repel a “full scale” Russian invasion, as fears mount of a return to all out warfare in eastern Ukraine. “The military must be ready as much for a renewal of an offensive by the enemy in the [eastern region of] Donbass as they are for a full-scale invasion along the whole length of the...
‘Everything is destroyed’: Tug of war in eastern Ukraine takes toll on civilians, may forewarn new rebel push
Lebedinskoye, Ukraine — In a stark violation of February’s Minsk II ceasefire agreement, which banned the use of heavy weapons, Russian-backed forces rained fire down on this bucolic farming village for about 40 minutes Tuesday, demolishing 27 homes and shattering the lives of hundreds of peasants. “I have nothing to live on. Why? What for?...
Roger Cohen: How Putin bested America
It was not a surprise that President Vladimir Putin of Russia came out in strong support of FIFA against the “blatant attempt” of the United States “to extend its jurisdiction to other states.” Institutionalized corruption is Putin’s thing. The governing body of world soccer has become a near-perfect illustration of how such a system works,...
Matthew Fisher: Russia-Ukraine war is out of sight, out of mind in Kyiv
KYIV — The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is not a phoney war. The blood still being shed in eastern Ukraine is real. So are the recent machinations of Vladimir Putin near and inside Ukraine and along a 2,000-kilometre front that stretches from Estonia to Bulgaria. The pugnacious Russian leader has been relentless as he tries to gull and...
Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appointed governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region
MOSCOW — Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday was appointed governor of Ukraine’s troubled Odessa region. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko posted the appointment announcement on his website and presented Saakashvili to officials in Odessa city, the region’s capital. Odessa is Ukraine’s largest seaport...
Derek Fraser: What’s at stake in Ukraine
Lately there have been voices raised questioning Canada’s support for Ukraine, which highlights the need for an examination of what Russia’s aims are in the conflict and why the West, including Canada, has to remain engaged. Ruslan Pukhov, an analyst close to the Ministry of Defence and author of an authoritative study of the new...
Leonid Bershidsky: Putin’s latest decree reflects Russians’ lack of interest in the truth
News of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to classify more data on Russian military losses prompted many in Russia, Ukraine and the West to draw the facile conclusion that he acted to hide the casualties of his hybrid war on Ukraine. Putin, however, is doing something worse than that: He’s telling the country he has ruled...
Putin’s new directive: Don’t mention the war, and Friday’s other reasons to fear for humanity
1. Add ‘$1,000 pay cut’ to that ‘tax on everything’ Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESSStephen Harper and Joe Oliver: The budget they’re holding included no mention of voluntary CPP plan. Stephen Harper is calling the Liberal plan for a mandatory increase in the Canada Pension Plan “a $1,000 pay cut.” It’s a pretty typical...
