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Strategic Ukrainian town now firmly under rebel control
Aug28

Strategic Ukrainian town now firmly under rebel control

The strategically positioned southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appears firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists as concerns grow about the opening of a new front in the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...

Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control
Aug28

Strategic Ukraine town under rebel control

The strategic southeastern Ukraine town of Novoazovsk appeared firmly under the control of Russia-backed separatists Thursday and Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of the nation’s security council as concerns grew about the opening of a new front in the conflict. …read more Source: CTV...

Pro-Russian rebels target strategic Ukrainian port city
Aug28

Pro-Russian rebels target strategic Ukrainian port city

Pro-Moscow rebel forces in Ukraine on Thursday gained a foothold on the Azov Sea and their objective is to fight their way down the coast to the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the leader of the main separatist entity told Reuters. …read more Source:...

Rebels enter southeastern town as battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heats up
Aug28

Rebels enter southeastern town as battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heats up

By Peter Leonard NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Pushing west in a new offensive along Ukraine’s strategic coastline, heavily armed Russian-backed separatist forces captured new territory Wednesday far from their previous battles with government troops. The bold offensive along a new southeastern front raised the prospect that the separatists are...

Glavin: What’s so wrong with involving diasporas in foreign policy?
Aug27

Glavin: What’s so wrong with involving diasporas in foreign policy?

Let’s say that the critics are right, that the Conservatives are indeed running this country’s foreign policy in ways that are most sedulously attentive to the sensitivities of Canada’s diverse and sundry ethnic and immigrant communities. Let’s say that the potential votes of 1.3 million Ukrainian-Canadians has been the...

Rebels enter Ukraine town as battle for strategic coastline heats up
Aug27

Rebels enter Ukraine town as battle for strategic coastline heats up

The battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heated up Wednesday as a local mayor reported that pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeast Ukraine after three days of heavy shelling. …read more Source: CTV...

Optimism fades as Ukraine says Russia makes new incursion
Aug27

Optimism fades as Ukraine says Russia makes new incursion

Ukraine accused Russian forces of launching a new military incursion across its border on Wednesday, a day after the leaders of both countries agreed to work towards ending a separatist war in the east of the country. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Deadly Ukraine fighting rages despite ‘positive’ talks at summit
Aug27

Deadly Ukraine fighting rages despite ‘positive’ talks at summit

Ukraine’s military said Wednesday that its forces killed 225 rebels and destroyed three tanks during the past 24 hours. …read more Source: Toronto...

Rebels enter key government-held Ukrainian town, mayor says
Aug27

Rebels enter key government-held Ukrainian town, mayor says

Pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling, the town’s mayor said, capturing new territory far from most of their battles with government troops. …read more Source:...

Rebels enter strategic southeast Ukrainian town after 3 days of shelling
Aug27

Rebels enter strategic southeast Ukrainian town after 3 days of shelling

The mayor of a town in southeastern Ukraine that has been under heavy shelling for three days says rebel forces have entered the town. …read more Source: CTV...