Section: The Toronto Sun (Canada)
‘Glimmer of hope’ for Ukraine after deal at Minsk peace summit
MINSK – Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine agreed a deal that offers a “glimmer of hope” for an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine after marathon overnight talks. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine peace summit overshadowed by surge in fighting
MINSK/DONETSK, Ukraine – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were due to attend a peace summit on Wednesday, with Ukraine’s pro-Moscow separatists tightening the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war’s worst fighting in an assault on a government garrison. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Obama still weighing decision on arming Ukraine forces
U.S. President Barack Obama signalled Monday he will wait for the results of high-stakes talks on Ukraine before deciding whether to arm the Kiev government, saying diplomacy and sanctions remain his preferred tools to resolve the crisis. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns
Pro-Russian separatists have intensified shelling of government forces on all front lines and appear to be amassing forces for new offensives on the key railway town of Debaltseve and the coastal city of Mariupol. …read more Source: The Toronto...
NATO prepares quick response to Russian aggression in Ukraine
OTTAWA – NATO countries have set up a rapid-deployment network to use as jump-off points in six Balkan countries so teams can respond to security emergencies in the Ukraine within five to seven days. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Ukraine, rebels hold peace talks as fighting rages in east
A new round of peace talks got under way involving Ukraine and separatists on Saturday, even as fighting between Kiev government forces and the Russian-backed rebels raged in Ukraine’s east, claiming civilian and military lives. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Russian activist charged with treason after phoning Ukrainian embassy
VYAZMA, Russia – Nine months after Russian activist Svetlana Davydova called the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to warn that Russian soldiers were making their way to Ukraine, an investigator with an order for her arrest showed up at her door. …read more Source: The Toronto...
Auschwitz’s last survivors urge a troubled Europe not to forget [Photos]
World leaders joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, an anniversary held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. …read more Source: The Toronto...
