Section: Toronto Star (Canada)
Major hospital in eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk hit by shelling
Only the dentistry unit suffered damage, witnesses said, but it is one of Donetsk’s larger hospitals. …read more Source: Toronto...
Air strikes injure 2 in east Ukraine, leave huge craters in key rebel stronghold
Heavily populated rebel areas have increasingly come under attack. Kyiv adamantly denies launching artillery barrage and air raids against residential. …read more Source: Toronto...
Russia gets battle-ready with troops, firepower buildup at Ukraine border
Russia has built up 17 battalions of about 20,000 troops into a force of infantry, armour, artillery and air defence within a few miles of the border. It has also vastly expanded its firepower. …read more Source: Toronto...
400 Ukrainian soldiers cross into Russia, says Russian official
A Russian border security official said Monday that more than 400 Ukrainian soldiers have crossed into Russia, although both sides gave conflicting accounts as to why they did it. …read more Source: Toronto...
Pro-Russia rebels plead for troops as Ukrainian army advances
Separatists ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to send help; confiscate cars and food as residents desert Donetsk amid heavy fighting …read more Source: Toronto...
Investigators recover more human remains from MH17 crash site
The head of an international recovery mission says investigators have used sniffer dogs at the Malaysia Airlines wreckage site in eastern Ukraine and recovered more human remains and personal belongings. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine: investigators set up near crash site ahead of grid search for victims
Dozens of international investigators arrived Friday at the zone where a Malaysia Airlines plane crashed and began preparations to comb the rural area for remains. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine’s parliament rejects prime minister’s resignation
The vote was 16 for accepting and 109 against, with the rest of the 450-member parliament either absent or not voting. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine’s alert to airlines failed to give full picture of danger
Ukraine’s alert to airlines three days before a Malaysian Air passenger jet was shot down described a “restricted” area without noting fighting on the ground or evidence that rebels had surface-to-air missiles. …read more Source: Toronto...
EU, western nations hit Russia with economic sanctions
The European Union, together with the U.S. and Canada, will impose new sanctions on Russia related to banks, the oil sector and the arms industry. …read more Source: Toronto...
