Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
Russia accuses EU of double standards over Ukraine
Russia accused the European Union of double standards on Saturday, saying it had lifted a ban on supplying Ukraine with military technology and equipment “on the quiet” but imposed sanctions on Moscow’s defence sector. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Moscow fights back after sanctions; battle rages near Ukraine crash site
Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine, where fighting between Moscow-backed rebels and government troops has intensified since a Malaysian airliner was shot down. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Black box shows ‘massive explosive decompression’ downed MH17: Ukraine [Photos]
Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of “massive explosive decompression”, a Ukrainian security official said on Monday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine fighting prevents Malaysia Airlines crash site visit despite deal [Photos]
Fighting around the site of the Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine prevented a visit by international experts on Sunday, although Malaysia said separatists had agreed to allow in international police and investigators. …read more Source: The Toronto...
EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope [Video]
BRUSSELS – The European Union reached outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behaviour in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine’s prime minister resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Thursday to parliament after upbraiding politicians for failing to pass laws on energy and on the budget to increase financing for the army. …read more Source: The Toronto...
‘We live in a hell beyond hell’: Aussie parents who lost three children on MH17
Australian parents Anthony Maslin and Rin Norris released an emotional statement after their three children and Norris’s father were killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky over eastern Ukraine last Thursday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine says pro-Russia rebels shoot down two fighter jets
Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on Wednesday, not far from where a Malaysian airliner was brought down last week in eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers on board. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Plane with first coffins of MH17 victims leaves Ukraine
A Dutch air force transport plane carrying the first 16 coffins with the remains of victims of the downed Malaysian airliner took off on Wednesday from an airport in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv for the Netherlands. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine rebels hand black boxes from downed plane to Malaysia experts [Video]
DONETSK, Ukraine – A senior separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, handed over two black boxes from an airliner downed over eastern Ukraine to Malaysian experts in the city of Donetsk in the early hours of Tuesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
