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Heavy shelling shakes Donetsk, raising new fears in Ukraine of full-scale war
Nov09

Heavy shelling shakes Donetsk, raising new fears in Ukraine of full-scale war

The heaviest shelling in recent weeks has shaken the main city in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, Donetsk, heightening worry about the renewal of full-scale conflict despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source: CTV...

Shelling shakes main city in Ukraine’s east, raising fears of full-scale war
Nov09

Shelling shakes main city in Ukraine’s east, raising fears of full-scale war

DONETSK, Ukraine – The heaviest shelling in recent weeks has shaken the main city in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, heightening worry about the renewal of full-scale conflict despite a cease-fire signed two months ago between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists. Artillery explosions roared throughout the early hours of Sunday in Donetsk,...

Vadym Prystaiko says West losing interest in Ukraine
Nov09

Vadym Prystaiko says West losing interest in Ukraine

The outgoing Ukrainian ambassador to Canada says the world is ignoring Ukraine in favour of fighting ISIS, and blames “low-ranking bureaucrats” for a delay in processing Canada’s $200-million loan to Ukraine. …read more Source:...

World is on brink of new Cold War: Gorbachev
Nov09

World is on brink of new Cold War: Gorbachev

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
Nov08

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys in hint of possible renewed hostilities …read more Source:...

Coffins carrying remains of Malaysia Flight 17 victims arrive in the Netherlands
Nov08

Coffins carrying remains of Malaysia Flight 17 victims arrive in the Netherlands

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Recently discovered remains of some of those on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were flown back to the Netherlands on Saturday, nearly four months after the passenger jet plunged out of the sky over eastern Ukraine. The remains, in five coffins, arrived on board a military transport plane and were carried to waiting...

World on ‘brink of a new Cold War,’ warns Gorbachev
Nov08

World on ‘brink of a new Cold War,’ warns Gorbachev

Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. …read more Source:...

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
Nov08

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys

SNIZHNE, Ukraine — Associated Press reporters saw more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move Saturday in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead. …read more Source: Calgary...

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys
Nov08

Ukraine rebels seen moving large military convoys

SNIZHNE, Ukraine — Associated Press reporters saw more than 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move Saturday in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, indicating that intensified hostilities may lie ahead. …read more Source: Vancouver...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns world ‘on brink of new Cold War’
Nov08

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns world ‘on brink of new Cold War’

BERLIN – Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday. The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to “triumphalism” after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the communist bloc a quarter century ago....