Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
Taking Crimea righted historical injustice: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow’s seizure of Crimea righted a historical injustice, according to news agency reports on Sunday citing a new documentary film. …read more Source: The Toronto...
U.S. military trainers in Ukraine may destabilize situation: Kremlin
MOSCOW/KIEV – The Kremlin said on Friday the arrival of about 300 U.S. paratroopers in Ukraine to train Kiev’s National Guard could destabilize the situation in the east of the country, where pro-Russian separatists are fighting Ukrainian government forces. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukrainian journalist with pro-Russian views shot dead in Kiev
KIEV – A prominent Ukrainian journalist known for his pro-Russian views was shot dead on Thursday in Kiev by two masked gunmen, the interior ministry said, a day after a former lawmaker loyal to ousted President Viktor Yanukovich was also killed. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Son of Ukraine’s ousted leader drowns
A son of ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has drowned after a minivan he was driving plunged through ice on a Siberian lake, an aide to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday. …read more Source: The Toronto...
From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, Ukraine – Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The...
Scribbled note shows Nemtsov on trail of Russian deaths in Ukraine
It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Dozens of miners feared dead in rebel east Ukraine
Dozens of miners were trapped underground and feared dead after a blast on Wednesday at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, with rescuers saying the chance of finding many survivors was slim. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Boris Nemtsov’s murder a ‘shameful act of violence’: Stephen Harper
Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his sadness at the murder of a former Russian deputy minister while criticizing the country’s invasion of Ukraine. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Deaths shake Ukraine truce, Poroshenko wary of Russia threat
KIEV – Ukraine on Friday reported the first deaths in three days in east Ukraine, denting hopes a ceasefire will hold, and President Petro Poroshenko said Russia would pose a “military threat” even if the truce is solid. …read more Source: The Toronto...
