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Ukraine ceasefire ends, government will attack rebels: Poroshenko
Jul01

Ukraine ceasefire ends, government will attack rebels: Poroshenko

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday government forces would renew offensive operations against rebels and ‘free our lands,’ hours after a ceasefire to allow for peace talks with the pro-Russian separatists had expired. …read more Source:...

‘We will free our country’: Ukraine’s president ends unilateral ceasefire
Jul01

‘We will free our country’: Ukraine’s president ends unilateral ceasefire

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was abandoning a unilateral cease-fire in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists and sending military forces back on the offensive after talks with Russia and European leaders failed to start a broader peace process. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine ceasefire expires with no immediate moves for extension
Jul01

Ukraine ceasefire expires with no immediate moves for extension

The fragile, 10-day cease-fire in eastern Ukraine expired Monday night with no immediate word from the country’s president on whether he would extend it, and no sign that the pro-Moscow separatists had met his demands to ease the violence. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine, as expected, drops 2022 Olympic bid
Jun30

Ukraine, as expected, drops 2022 Olympic bid

The Ukrainian city of Lviv withdrew its bid for the 2022 Winter Games on Monday, becoming the third contender to drop out of the race for an Olympics that no one seems to want. …read more Source:...

Putin gets payback for Canada’s anti-Russia stance: Brian Stewart
Jun30

Putin gets payback for Canada’s anti-Russia stance: Brian Stewart

As Stephen Harper was pouring vitriol and sanctions on Russia for months over the Crimea and Ukraine crisis, he did not seem to have expected much of a serious slap-back from President Vladimir Putin. But as Brian Stewart writes, Harper badly underestimated Putin’s sense of the strategic counter-punch. …read more Source:...

Ukraine’s president talks with Putin, Merkel, Hollande ahead of peace plan deadline
Jun30

Ukraine’s president talks with Putin, Merkel, Hollande ahead of peace plan deadline

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko tried to keep his peace plan to settle the conflict with pro-Russian separatists on track in a four-way phone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine rebels free 4 more OSCE hostages
Jun28

Ukraine rebels free 4 more OSCE hostages

The Interfax news agency is reporting that pro-Russian insurgents have released four European observers who they have held captive for weeks. …read more Source:...

Russian foreign minister accuses U.S. of fueling Ukraine confrontation
Jun28

Russian foreign minister accuses U.S. of fueling Ukraine confrontation

Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. …read more Source: CTV...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accuses U.S. of fuelling Ukrainian crisis
Jun28

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accuses U.S. of fuelling Ukrainian crisis

Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. …read more Source:...

Sergey Lavrov accuses U.S. of fueling Ukrainian crisis
Jun28

Sergey Lavrov accuses U.S. of fueling Ukrainian crisis

Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union. …read more Source:...