Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
Ukraine says Russian tanks flatten town; EU ready to prepare sanctions
KIEV/BRUSSELS – Ukraine said on Saturday Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled they were ready to prepare more sanctions on Moscow over the crisis. …read more Source: The Toronto...
EU leaders to threaten extra Russia sanctions, agree new team
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders are likely to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine on Saturday but, fearful of a new Cold War and self-inflicted harm on their own economies, should give Moscow another chance to make peace. …read more Source: The Toronto...
EU says could send over $1 billion Euros more aid to Ukraine
BRUSSELS – The European Union may disburse more than one billion euros in loans to Ukraine over the coming months and could consider further aid beyond that, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Saturday.In March, the EU offered an 11 billion euro ($14.45 billion) package of loans and grants to Ukraine over the next...
Death toll in Ukraine fighting hits 2,593: UN human rights official
A total of 2,593 people, including civilians as well as Ukrainian and separatist combatants, have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since it erupted in mid-April, a senior U.N. human rights official said on Friday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine says Russian troops entered country
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday that Russian forces had entered his country and the military conflict was worsening after Russian-backed separatists swept into a key town in the east. …read more Source: The Toronto...
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...
Russian soldiers’ capture clouds Putin-Poroshenko talks
Ukraine released a video of captured Russian soldiers on Tuesday, sharply escalating a dispute over Moscow’s alleged backing for separatist rebels in the east of the former Soviet republic. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine accuses Russia of opening new front before leaders’ meeting
Ukraine accused Russia on Monday of sending soldiers across the border to open a new front in the separatist war that has devastated the east of the country and provoked the gravest East-West crisis since the fall of Communism. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian separatists force Ukrainian prisoners to march streets of Donetsk
Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march past in Kiev intended to send a message of defiance to Russia, but pro-Moscow rebels countered by parading captured Ukrainian troops through the streets in their stronghold. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukrainian athlete scales Russian skyscraper, paints it Ukrainian colours
A renowned Ukrainian extreme sportsman said he scaled a landmark Moscow skyscraper and painted a star at the top of the building in the blue-and-yellow colours of the Ukrainian national flag in a burst of patriotic feeling. …read more Source: The Toronto...
