Section: National Post (Canada)
Diane Francis: Ukraine’s survivor — Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko no longer braids her blond hair, but looks like a corporate lawyer from Berlin or Brussels, complete with glasses, an hour-glass figure, poise and exquisite grooming. She is the most famous and most controversial figure in Ukraine. And, however historians or critics judge her, she embodies the hardship endured by Ukraine’s...
MH17 was shot down by a missile launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia, investigators say
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Dutch-led criminal investigators say they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down by a Buk missile moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said Wednesday that communications intercepts showed pro-Moscow...
Canada deports Ukraine family with mentally ill 15-year-old after last-minute appeals fail
TORONTO — Canada deported a mentally ill 15-year-old boy to Ukraine Sunday night, despite medical evidence it is likely to trigger a second suicide attempt. Two border guards approached Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi the minute he arrived in the departures hall, and asked, as a formality, whether he is ready to go. “I don’t know what to say,” he...
Canada ‘mistreated’ failed refugee claimant to point of attempted suicide, lawyer says in plea to PM
In a “desperate plea” Friday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, counsel for Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi, 15, said the “mentally vulnerable” failed refugee claimant has been “mistreated” by Canada to the point of attempted suicide, and his scheduled deportation to Ukraine on Sunday — the second in as many weeks — would be a death sentence. The first time...
Ukrainian family with suicidal teen ordered again to leave Canada after failed refugee bid
Less than two weeks after a last-minute ministerial intervention spared a suicidal boy and his family from deportation to Ukraine, Canada Border Services Agency is again moving quickly to remove them. On Tuesday, CBSA officer Michael Gurr ordered Maryna Zadorozhna, 34, to report with her sons Vladyslav, 15, and Andriy, 7, to Toronto’s...
Ukrainian family whose teen son seen as suicide risk spared deportation from Canada
TORONTO — Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi, 15, the suicidal boy Canada planned to deport to Ukraine despite a psychiatrist’s warning it would trigger another attempt, has been spared at the 11h hour. A stay of deportation for him, his mother Maryna Zadorozhna, 34, stepfather Andriy Ryabinin, 45, and brother Andriy, 7, appears to have been ordered on...
A child in crisis: Canada set to deport Ukrainian family despite psychiatrist’s warning it will trigger suicide attempt
On Saturday, Canada plans to deport a Ukrainian family of failed refugee claimants, despite a hospital psychiatrist’s warning that it will trigger another suicide attempt by a 15-year-old boy. The deportation would also occur despite the boy’s backlogged application to stay in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds and a...
Ukraine meeting that excluded Canada wasn’t a snub, says former adviser to Trudeau
HONG KONG — The fact Justin Trudeau wasn’t invited to a meeting with American, French and German leaders about Ukraine at the G20 wasn’t a snub, says the prime minister’s former international affairs adviser. “France and Germany and the United States are front and centre on the international diplomacy relating to Ukraine. … They...
Mob attacks Roma community in Ukraine after man arrested in connection with rape, murder of girl
MOSCOW — Several dozen people in a Roma community in southern Ukraine were forced to flee their homes after a mob tore through their neighborhood over the weekend, breaking windows, tearing down fences and even setting a house on fire while the heavily outnumbered police stood by and watched. The violence in the small town, Loshchynivka, was...
Ukrainian government dismisses combat photographer amid accusations that his work is ‘clumsy’ propaganda
The government of Ukraine will no longer use the work of Dmitry Muravsky, an amateur photographer and volunteer for the country’s Ministry of Defense, after the authenticity of a viral picture taken in the country’s war-torn east came into question. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday Muravsky’s dismissal in...
