Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
Kremlin plan fails to calm Ukraine as NATO backs Kiev
Ukraine’s president heard words of support from Western leaders at a NATO summit on Thursday, but a Kremlin peace offer failed to halt fighting in the east where dramatic advances by pro-Russian rebels have tipped the balance of power against Kiev. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Questions remain in Kiev square in Ukraine [Video]
The faces of the dead stare out at you in such a way you feel sick to your stomach to think this is the spot where they needlessly were massacred. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Confusion as Ukraine and Russia announce progress towards peace
Ukraine said on Wednesday its president had agreed with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on steps towards a “ceasefire regime” in Kiev’s conflict with pro-Russian rebels, but the Kremlin denied any actual truce deal, sowing confusion on the eve of a NATO summit. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine rebels say they are poised to recapture Donetsk airport
EU officials proposed sanctions on Tuesday to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow’s role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk airport, potentially their biggest prize since turning the war’s tide last week. …read more Source: The Toronto...
NATO to create new ‘spearhead’ force to respond to Ukraine crises
NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as little as two days, officials said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
NATO to create new ‘spearhead’ force to respond to Ukraine crises
NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as little as two days, officials said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
NATO to create new ‘spearhead’ force to respond to Ukraine crises
NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as little as two days, officials said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukrainians pull back from airport; Poroshenko slams Russia
KIEV – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression”. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Putin urges talks on “political organization and statehood” in east Ukraine
MOSCOW/CHELYABINSK – President Vladimir Putin called on Sunday for meaningful talks between pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine and the Kiev government on issues including “political organization and statehood” to protect people living there. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russia demands publication of recordings from downed flight MH17 [Photos]
Russia is demanding to know why international investigators have yet to publish the black box data from a Malaysian airliner that was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July, a deputy defence minister said in an interview published on Saturday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
