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Ukraine steps up defences, citing growing Russian aggression
Ukraine’s parliament votes to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned that Russian forces backing separatist rebels had sharply increased military activity in the east. …read more Source:...
Heroine of Ukraine’s war with Russia vows to continue hunger strike
Nadiya Savchenko, a fashion designer turned air force fighter who is now languishing in a Russian jail, has shattered stereotypes and become a symbol of Ukraine’s battle with its neighbour. …read more Source: Toronto...
Rickford makes last-ditch KXL pitch
WASHINGTON – The Canadian government made a last-ditch pitch for the Keystone XL pipeline Wednesday as the U.S. capital was gearing up for an imminent decision on the project after six years of delay.Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford made the 11th-hour case in meetings in Washington with the U.S. State Department, his counterpart...
Interim NATO rapid-response force of several thousand now active
BERLIN – NATO’s interim agile expeditionary force is now active but planning continues for a permanent “spearhead” unit, the alliance’s chief said Wednesday. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Berlin the interim force is made up of troops from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and “some others.” NATO said it had...
Russia’s message to France – turn over Mistral-class warship or give us our money back
The French procurement office is declining to comment on a report that Russia has asked for a written statement on whether the Mistral class helicopter carrier will be delivered to Moscow, writes my Defense News colleague Pierre Tran. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti has reported that Russia officially sent a written request to France for an...
Canadian tour in memory of the Ukrainian genocide
They collapsed and died in the street, they died in their beds, and in the fields. In the midst of plenty, millions of Ukrainians died of starvation in 1932-33. It is known as the Holodomor- loosely translated as “death by starvation”, but also colloquially known as the “terror-famine”. It was a direct result of Josef Stalin’s poorly...
Ukraine bus attack kills 12, could herald grim future as truce staggers
DONETSK, Ukraine — An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine killed 12 people Tuesday, likely dealing the final blow to hopes that a short-lived and shaky cease-fire could take hold. Across Donetsk, the city that Russian-backed separatists call their capital, explosions and the sound of shells whistling overhead are again unnerving the...
Civilians killed in rebel shelling of Ukrainian military checkpoint, officials say
Bus driving near an army checkpoint in eastern Ukraine hit by a rebel shell, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding 13, local officials say. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine truce staggering as bus attack kills 11
Across Donetsk, explosions and the sound of shells whistling overhead are unnerving the population …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine bus attack kills 11, could herald grim future as truce staggers
An attack on a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine Tuesday killed 11 people, likely dealing the final blow to hopes that a short-lived and shaky cease-fire could take hold. …read more Source: CTV...
