Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Braces For Saakashvili’s Possible Return
After being stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by President Petro Poroshenko, Mikheil Saakashvili will try to return to his once-adoptive country despite the threat of extradition to Georgia. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Deadly Car Blast In Central Kyiv
A car exploded in the center of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing the driver, who was identified by police as a member of a Ukrainian volunteer battalion who fought against Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east. Timur Makhauri, a Chechen with Georgian citizenship, died when his black Toyota Camry with Georgian plates exploded...
Toronto celebrates Ukraine’s independence, Canada’s 150th anniversary
TORONTO – The Ukrainian Canadian Congress Toronto Branch (UCC-Toronto) welcomed over 12,000 people to the 26th annual Ukrainian Independence Day celebration on Saturday, August 19, at Centennial Park in Toronto for what is the largest such celebration in North America and the diaspora. The 2017 Independence Day celebration marked not only over a...
Zapad 2017 plan reflects religious, ethnic factors, not just geopolitical ones
The upcoming Zapad 2017 joint exercise by Russian and Belarusian troops in Belarus has sparked concerns that it may be used by Moscow either to carry out a hybrid revolution in Belarus – along the lines of what Vladimir Putin did in Crimea in 2014 – or to put new pressure on Ukraine, Poland and […] …read more Source: The Ukrainian...
FSB Document: Missing Ukrainian Teen Faces Terrorism-Related Charges In Russia
A Ukrainian teenager who was allegedly lured into Belarus by the Russian security services is being held in Russia on suspicion of terrorism-related crimes, according to a copy of an official Russian document seen by RFE/RL. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Konowal Walk opens at WWI memorial in France
LOOS-EN-GOHELLE, France – Hundreds of people from France and a sizeable delegation of Ukrainians from the diaspora attended the public unveiling of the Battle of Hill 70 Memorial at Loos-en-Gohelle, France, on August 22. Included in the ceremony was the official opening of the Konowal Walk. Cpl. Filip Konowal’s valor 100 years ago at the...
Ukraine’s Donbas war veterans fight invisible foe of post-combat stress
KYIV – Vasyl Bondar faced a new foe when he came home from a tour of duty in a Ukrainian naval forces unit that included nearly nine months in the frontline Donetsk Oblast town of Shyrokyne where he often faced shelling from Russian-led forces. Returning to civilian life in November 2016, the 42-year-old native Kyivan started fighting an enemy...
Moldovan Troops To Join Exercises With NATO Countries Despite Dodon’s Opposition
Moldovan troops will take part in September 8-23 multinational military exercises in Ukraine despite pro-Russian President Igor Dodon’s bid to keep them out of the drills. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moldovan Troops To Join Exercises With NATO Countries Despite Dodon’s Opposition
Moldovan troops will take part in September 8-23 multinational military exercises in Ukraine despite pro-Russian President Igor Dodon’s bid to keep them out of the drills. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Ukraine Peace Offer Is a Trojan Horse
Russia wants UN peacekeepers to keep its latest “frozen conflict” from thawing. …read more Source:...
