Section: The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels exchange nearly 370 prisoners
DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russia rebels exchanged nearly 370 prisoners Friday, a major step toward easing hostilities in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine handed over 222 prisoners and the rebels released 145 people, according to Russia’s state RIA Novosti news […] …read more Source: Vancouver...
On second thought: Ukraine and Iraq crises led the news, but China’s moves were the most consequential
Getting to the right place at the right time is 90 per cent of my job as international affairs columnist for Postmedia. As U.S. power wanes, China rises, the Middle East fractures and Russia seeks to play the role of international spoiler, guessing about where to go and when gets harder to do every year. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Christmas under fire: Conditions increasingly dire for citizens of rebel-held Ukrainian town
‘It is worst for the elderly … who cannot leave the house to get to the soup kitchens or do not have family to help. They are the ones who will starve,’ one local says …read more Source: Vancouver...
Ukraine abandons nonaligned status in possible step towards NATO membership, Russia not happy
The vote by Ukraine’s parliament to drop its nonaligned status, which could pave the way for a bid to join NATO, challenges the Kremlin’s ardent desire to keep NATO from taking a giant step toward the Russian heartland. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Canada under pressure to strengthen Ukraine crisis response
The Conservative government is under pressure over its refusal to provide “lethal” military aid to Ukraine or to sanction three Russians tied to both Vladimir Putin and Canadian businesses. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Putin defends aggressive foreign policy as necessary for Russia’s survival: ‘We will be sovereign, or dissolve’
President Putin defended the annexation of Crimea, describing it as Russia’s spiritual ground, ‘our Temple Mount,’ as he defended the Kremlin’s foreign policy …read more Source: Vancouver...
Editorial: No need to make nice with Putin
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was not being rude when he told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit to get out of Ukraine. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Rebel leader’s new solution to the Ukraine civil war: He wants to duel the Ukrainian president on live TV
‘I will let you choose the place and the weapons,’ the rebel leader wrote in an open letter to Petro Poroshenko, ‘Each party has the right to 10 witnesses and 10 media representatives’ …read more Source: Vancouver...
Merkel fears construction of Cold-War zones across Europe if Russia not given hard counter in Ukraine
The strongly worded statement came as Ukraine’s president warned of a resumption of ‘total war’ in the strife-torn country’s east …read more Source: Vancouver...
New video of MH17 crash in Ukraine shows chaos near village
Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger jet came to hitting village homes and suggests that residents first assumed it was a Ukrainian military plane that had been struck. …read more Source: Vancouver...
