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Russia sends aid convoy into Ukraine, Kiev calls it 'invasion'
Aug22

Russia sends aid convoy into Ukraine, Kiev calls it 'invasion'

Kiev says Ukrainian forces would not attack the convoy and had allowed it to pass to avoid ‘provocations’ …read more Source: The Globe and...

Malaysians mourn as bodies of victims killed in missile strike return home
Aug22

Malaysians mourn as bodies of victims killed in missile strike return home

Malaysia is preparing to receive the bodies and ashes of 20 of its citizens killed when Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July. …read more Source:...

The Siege Deepens In Eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk
Aug22

The Siege Deepens In Eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk

There are reports of heavy shelling on the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, as government forces try to take the city from pro-Russian separatists. Meanwhile, thousands of the city’s residents are trying to flee the fighting.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as Russian aid trucks approach
Aug21

Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as Russian aid trucks approach

Fierce fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday in what appeared to be a last-gasp attempt by government troops to snatch back territory from pro-Russian separatists before the arrival of a Russian aid convoy overseen by the Red Cross. …read more Source: CTV...

The Gargoyle – Anniversaries marked by the Prime Minister’s Office
Aug21

The Gargoyle – Anniversaries marked by the Prime Minister’s Office

This week’s statement from the Prime Minister’s Office marking the 72nd anniversary of Canada’s participation in the ill-fated raid on Dieppe had me wondering which other anniversaries his office felt worthy of an official communique. (Thomas Mulcair also issued a statement this week noting 72nd anniversary of Dieppe, though...

Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post
Aug21

Some Russian aid trucks clearing customs at a rebel-held border post

Parts of eastern Ukraine were wracked by fierce fighting Thursday as government troops sought to snatch back territory from separatist rebels, while a Russian aid convoy to the hard-hit city of Luhansk began to make tentative steps toward its destination. …read more Source:...

Conflict rages in eastern Ukraine; Russian aid trucks clearing customs
Aug21

Conflict rages in eastern Ukraine; Russian aid trucks clearing customs

Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said Thursday. …read more Source: CTV...

Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling
Aug21

Dozens die in Ukraine in street battles, Donetsk shelling

Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk and government forces fought street battles in other towns on Wednesday as they sought to crush a four-month-old separatist rebellion. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Two Red Cross jeeps cross into Ukraine from Russia
Aug21

Two Red Cross jeeps cross into Ukraine from Russia

Some Russian trucks in a massive aid convoy have begun to clear customs at a rebel-held border crossing in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian border guard service said Thursday. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine aid convoy crosses border from Russia
Aug21

Ukraine aid convoy crosses border from Russia

An Associated Press journalist saw two Red Cross jeeps heading to an unknown destination in Ukraine on Thursday. …read more Source: Toronto...