Section: The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
‘It doesn’t look like the war will end. No one wants it to’: This is the longest European conflict since the Second World War
More than 10,300 people have been killed since war broke out between the Ukrainian government and separatists heavily backed by Russia in 2014 …read more Source: Vancouver...
U.S. approves plan to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons, such as anti-tank missiles: sources
The move intensifies U.S. support for Ukraine’s military as it fights rebels it says are supported, armed and trained by Russia …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine says aide to PM who visited Theresa May at 10 Downing Street was feeding secrets to Russia
Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, said the suspect allegedly passed government secrets to his Russian handlers …read more Source: Vancouver...
Wife of Chechen accused of plotting to assassinate Vladimir Putin shot dead near Kyiv
Amina Okuyeva was killed and her husband Adam Osmayev was wounded. The couple were fierce critics of Putin and escaped an assassination attempt in June …read more Source: Vancouver...
Russia is propping up Ukraine rebels by selling 1 million tons of their coal per month to evade Kiev blockade
Russia and the separatists are deepening ties amid a trade blockade imposed by Ukraine and a lack of progress in enforcing a 2015 peace accord to end the three-year war that’s claimed 10,000 lives …read more Source: Vancouver...
North Korea’s missile success linked to black-market purchases from Ukrainian plant, investigators say
North Korea’s success in testing a intercontinental missile may have been made possible by a Ukrainian factory with historical ties to Russia’s missile program …read more Source: Vancouver...
Suspects in MH17 crash in Ukraine to be prosecuted in Netherlands
Dutch investigators concluded last year the jet was brought down by a missile system fired from rebel-held territory in Ukraine and shuttled back and forth from Russia …read more Source: Vancouver...
Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent
Manafort says in a Justice Department filing that his firm, DMP International, received more than $17 million from the Party of Regions, the former pro-Russian ruling party in Ukraine, for consulting work from 2012 through 2014 …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukrainian government, separatists agree on new cease-fire
MOSCOW — A spokeswoman for the Ukrainian government’s envoy at talks with pro-Russia separatist rebels say they have agreed on a new cease-fire in Ukraine’s restive east. Fighting between government forces and Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine’s industrial heartland has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced more than a...
Russian, French FMs talk about Syria, Ukraine
MOSCOW — The top diplomats of Russia and France have met to discuss Syria, Ukraine and the troubled Russia-EU ties. Speaking after Tuesday’s talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian emphasized the need to jointly fight extremist groups in Syria. They also spoke in support of a 2015 peace...
