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Ukraine looks to Canada to help modernize military’s ‘Soviet mentality’
As the war in Eastern Ukraine grinds on, away from the international headlines, the country’s Soviet-era military is struggling to suppress separatist forces backed by a modern, well-resourced Russian machine. And it is looking to Canada for help. Both sides in the three-year-old conflict blithely ignore commitments made under the Minsk...
Ukraine looks to Canada to help modernize military’s ‘Soviet mentality’
With the war in Eastern Ukraine grinding on, away from the international headlines, Ukraine’s Soviet-era military is struggling to suppress separatist forces backed by a modern, well-resourced Russian machine. And it is looking to Canada for help. …read more Source:...
Canada deploying fresh troops to Ukraine as mission deadline looms
As the expiration date for Canada’s training mission in Ukraine looms, a fresh batch of troops begin a deployment process that runs from today until the middle of the month — even as reports emerge of plans by U.S. policymakers to cut American military, logistics and intelligence support for Kiev by half. …read more Source:...
Edmonton soldiers leave for 6-month mission to train Ukrainian troops
The group is heading to Ukraine as part of Operation Unifier, which saw the Canadian government start sending troops there in summer 2015. …read more Source: Global...
Logan, better than a comic book movie, Before I Fall, teen self-help and The Shack, contentious religion
Also Ballerina for dreamy young girls, Table 19 for wedding outsiders and Bitter Harvest, about Stalin’s wrath in the Ukraineread more …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine has a peace deal. Why isn’t it working?
With the Trump administration getting its policy framework in gear, it’s a good time to reflect on the lack of progress to date in implementing the key political terms of the Minsk 2 ceasefire deal, agreed to in February 2015 between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany and intended to ensure a lasting peace in Ukraine....
Eastern Ukrainians left without phone service as rebels seize telecom offices
Pro-Russian separatists had warned they would seize businesses in areas they control unless the Ukrainian government ends a rail blockade that has halted coal shipments from rebel territory. …read more Source: Global...
Canadian spies must be ready to operate abroad: CSIS annual report
The global security climate is not getting better any time soon and Canadian spies need to be prepared to investigate threats beyond Canada’s borders. …read more Source:...
Freed from Putin’s Russia, a Ukrainian pilot puts Poroshenko and his party – ‘enemy No. 2’ – in her sights
Nadiya Savchenko believes Ukraine needs ‘more or less a dictatorship’ to stand up to Russia and win – and if that means she should be the next president, she says she’s ready to take the job …read more Source: The Globe and...
Battered eastern Ukraine seems headed into protracted on-and-off war
Analysts and experts focused on the war in Ukraine believe a number of factors are combining to keep the Ukrainian conflict on the global diplomatic backburner. …read more Source:...
