Section: The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
Barack Obama won’t send guns to embattled Ukraine; backs negotiations
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama wants peace negotiations with Russia to run their course before deciding to send “lethal defensive” arms to help Ukraine against the recent attacks by Russian-supplied separatists on its eastern provinces. “The possibility of lethal […] …read more Source: Vancouver...
Rob Nicholson: Harper picks safe bet for Foreign Affairs
The Change: Rob Nicholson, former Defence minister, becomes minister of Foreign Affairs. He replaces John Baird after the latter’s surprise resignation last week. The File: The crisis in Ukraine and the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have dominated Canada’s international agenda since last year, and that...
John McCain compares peace talks with Putin to appeasement of Hitler: ‘Dictators will always take more’
A dispute between Europe and the U.S. threatened to derail peace talks as it was announced that Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s president will meet Wednesday in Minsk …read more Source: Vancouver...
Is Vladimir Putin a brilliant strategist, tactician, or mad? West must figure out Russia’s endgame
Amid increased fears of all-out war in Ukraine, European leaders are anxiously analyzing the motivation of the most dangerous politician on the continent …read more Source: Vancouver...
Germany’s Angela Merkel to meet with Harper, Obama over Ukraine crisis amid reports of rift
Comments from a private meeting of American officials and politicians laid bare the contempt of the U.S. for Europe’s attempts to broker peace …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine hopes for more help from Canada
Ukraine’s current top diplomat in Ottawa says Canada “can do more” to help his country against separatists. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine hops for more help from Canada
Ukraine’s current top diplomat in Ottawa says Canada “can do more” to help his country against separatists. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine president holds two mitts full of Russian passports and military IDs dropped by soldiers
‘I take with me the passports and military ID of Russian soldiers, Russian officers who come to us’ …read more Source: Vancouver...
Canada urges Russia to ‘back off’ in Ukraine as NATO adds command posts in eastern Europe
The Harper government struck a provocative pose, telling Russia to ‘back off’ in Ukraine and promising to campaign for NATO membership for a former Soviet republic …read more Source: Vancouver...
U.S. considers arming Ukraine as military struggles to fight off Russian-backed rebels
The White House may reverse its opposition to arming Ukraine despite concerns that might escalate the conflict and turn it into an overt proxy war with Russia …read more Source: Vancouver...
