Section: Toronto Star (Canada)
Trudeau speaks to 200 Canadian troops in Ukraine
Trudeau didn’t say anything about whether the training mission will be extended. It is due to end next March, although Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko made a personal request to Trudeau on Monday to extend it. …read more Source: Toronto...
Trudeau signs Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement
The trade deal isn’t the biggest for either country. But it is seen as politically important given Ukraine’s efforts to escape from Russia’s influence …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukrainian opera singer Vasyl Slipak killed by sniper
Hostilities by Ukraine government troops and Russian-backed rebels are growing along Ukraine’s eastern front. …read more Source: Toronto...
Canada set to lead new NATO battle group against Russia, says Sajjan
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the move is designed to show Canadian solidarity with NATO against Russia, which has annexed the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...
Istanbul attack victims reflect city’s international nature
Among those killed were people from Iraq, China, Tunisia and Ukraine …read more Source: Toronto...
Trudeau to make first official visit to Ukraine
The prime minister is making the trip after attending the NATO summit in Poland in early July. …read more Source: Toronto...
Romania’s PM seeks Canadian troops for brigade to deter Russian aggression
Ukraine’s ambassador to Canada also warned that Putin is laying a propaganda foundation to wage a broader war against the West. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine holds its first peaceful gay pride rally in Kyiv amid tight security
Last year, a gay pride march in Kyiv was called off after right-wing activists pelted the marchers with smoke grenades. …read more Source: Toronto...
Bootleg alcohol pipeline foiled by Ukraine border guards
Would-be bootleggers had started laying the pipe across the Dniester River from Moldova to Ukraine when their plans were discovered. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine arrests Frenchman with cache of weapons for plotting mass attacks on Euro 2016
The SBU said it had followed the man since December and allowed him to purchase five machine-guns, two rocket propelled grenades and other weapons before he was arrested on the border between Ukraine and Poland last month. …read more Source: Toronto...
