Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
Ukraine accuses Russia of invasion after aid convoy crosses border
Ukraine declared on Friday that Russia had launched a “direct invasion” of its territory after Moscow sent a convoy of aid trucks across the border into eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. …read more Source: The Toronto...
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...
No Big Macs for Russia, four McDonald’s closed amid Ukraine tensions
Russia ordered the temporary closure of four McDonald’s restaurants in Moscow on Wednesday, a decision it said was over sanitary violations but which comes against a backdrop of worsening U.S.-Russian ties over Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Separatists shoot down Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane
Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 single-seat fighter jet in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion [Video]
A gun battle broke out in the centre of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists denied responsibility. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian court jails opponents of Putin on rioting charges
Four Russians detained during a protest against President Vladimir Putin were sentenced to prison terms on Monday after a trial critics say is part of a Kremlin campaign to stifle dissent while all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Top Ukraine rebel leader says troops training in Russia
Ukrainian rebels are receiving new military equipment and troops trained in Russia, and will launch a major counter-offensive against government forces, a separatist leader said in a video released on Saturday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Kiev says forces shelled Russian armour inside Ukraine [Video]
Ukraine said its artillery partly destroyed a Russian armoured column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia on Friday in what appeared to be a major military escalation between the ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Shells hit central Donetsk, Russian aid convoy heads towards border
Artillery shells hit close to the centre of Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk for the first time on Thursday, killing at least one person, as a large Russian aid convoy rumbled towards the border. …read more Source: The Toronto...
