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Putting Putin’s army to the test
Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters Ukrainians suffering as a result of Russia’s ongoing invasion of their country might want to blame Georgia. The small, former Soviet nation in the Caucasus bears no direct responsibility for Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but in many ways Georgia’s own war with Russia in 2008 helped make it possible. In less...
For Ukrainian children, war-games invade playtime
KHARTSYZK, Ukraine – Seryozha colours in his drawing of a tank, lost in thought. Like many 7-year-olds in eastern Ukraine, he has trouble recalling a time before the war. “They’ve always been shooting,” he says, vigorously scratching with the brightest of pencils. Yelena Nikulenko, the director of the children’s home in the rebel-held...
UN peacekeepers requested to help preserve ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine says it has placed a formal request with the United Nations for a peacekeeping mission to be deployed in its eastern regions, where a cease-fire between government and Russian-backed separatist forces is in place. …read more Source: Global...
Provost marshal defends military police after scathing report
The military’s top police officer is defending his detectives following a scathing report that identified significant mistakes in three separate investigations of an Afghan veteran’s suicide. Provost Marshal Col. Robert Delaney says Canadians “can stand confident and proud” of the military police, and that it is “unfortunate” the...
Ukraine accused by Russia of being slow to fulfil terms of peace deal
Russian-backed separatists and Kyiv blame each other for a slow and incomplete withdrawal of heavy weapons, after the Feb. 12 truce. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ridings to watch in the 2015 federal election, according to Stephen Harper’s travels
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s travels inside Canada over the last six months are indicative of which ridings and regions the Conservatives believe will be critical to winning the 2015 election. About half of Harper’s stops outside Ottawa since last fall have been in the Greater Toronto Area, including a number of ridings he visited...
From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, Ukraine – Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The...
Ceasefire will not stop Putin’s push for Russian control of eastern Ukraine
The current lull in fighting in eastern Ukraine, the result of a ceasefire signed in February, is a temporary reprieve from what is likely to be a protracted and increasingly violent conflict. With or without peace, what is to become of Ukraine’s eastern regions? …read more Source:...
Photos March 12: Top images from around the world
The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world. Paramedics load one of two police officers who were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson Police Station during a protest in Ferguson, Mo. A 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves was...
Failed banking stress tests and a bleak spring for Ukraine
Are there calmer shores ahead? On Tuesday, major currency moves between the dollar the euro – as the ECB’s asset-buying program kicked in and a strong jobs report gave weight to questions about when the Fed will hike interest rates – pushed the euro down and the dollar up, and spurred equity sell-offs around the world. But today, European...
