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Deadly fighting in Donetsk: Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels both claim airport control
ABOVE: At least two people were killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk when shells hit a market and residential area. DONETSK, Ukraine – After days of intense fighting, Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday they had seized control of Donetsk airport once again. The Ukrainian military denied this but acknowledged that...
Eric Morse: Russia recruits wherever it can
About a day before the Hebdo Charlie terrorism incident monopolized international attention, an odd report appeared on the BBC that Russian President Vladimir Putin had signed a decree legalizing the employment of non-Russian citizens as “contract” (i.e, professional, not conscript) troops in the Russian armed forces. Apparently about 300 such...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels both claim control of Donetsk airport
After days of intense fighting, Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday they had seized control of Donetsk airport once again. The Ukrainian military denied this but acknowledged that the fighting for the rubble-strewn trophy had been fierce. …read more Source: CTV...
Rebels claim control of Donetsk airport; no confirmation from Kyiv
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday that they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat. …read more Source: CTV...
Ukraine’s Donetsk airport under pro-Russian control, rebels say
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine claim they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat. …read more Source:...
Ukraine battles separatists in Donetsk airport
Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russia separatists killed during fight for control of Donetsk’s Sergei Prokofyev Airport. …read more Source: Toronto...
HMCS Toronto returns to home port after seven month deployment
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto returned to her home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia today, after what the Royal Canadian Navy is calling a successful seven month-long deployment in the Mediterranean Sea on Operation REASSURANCE. That operation is Canada’s response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s military...
Ukraine fighting intensifies as president vows to control east
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed separatist fighters vying for command over the airport in the city of Donetsk. The separatist stronghold was shaken by intense outgoing and incoming artillery fire over the...
HMCS Toronto returns home to Halifax
HALIFAX – A Canadian navy frigate returned home to Halifax today after a seven month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.Dozens of people held yellow balloons and homemade signs as the ice-clad HMCS Toronto docked in Halifax harbour this morning.Master seaman Kurt Sheppard was the first off the vessel, waving a bouquet of red roses as he...
Ukraine forces reclaim Donetsk airport in new offensive
Ukrainian troops launched a ‘mass operation’ overnight, retaking almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine lost to separatists in recent weeks. …read more Source:...
