Section: US & Canada
Ceasefire appears to take hold in Ukraine
A long-awaited truce appeared to be taking hold at last in east Ukraine on Wednesday as pro-Russian rebels pulled artillery from the front, but the news did nothing to halt a currency collapse that forced the central bank to ban most trading. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Says Fighting Eases, But Cease-Fire Still Not Implemented
Ukraine’s military says violations by Russian-backed separatists of a newly signed cease-fire deal are continuing, but have been decreasing in recent days. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
US furious over Russia’s ‘lies’ on Ukraine
Kiev (AFP) – The United States expressed fury at Russia’s “lies” over Ukraine after European powers urged a frayed ceasefire be respected, while a rare overnight calm was reported in the war zone on Wednesday.But the crisis still simmered dangerously. Britain said it was dispatching a team of soldiers to Ukraine for...
Ukraine military: This is “not a cease-fire”
Kiev points to ongoing shellfire as reason it can’t abide by truce terms as EU threatens possible tougher sanctions against Moscow …read more Source:...
Crimean Tatar Leader Urges Savchenko To Stop Hunger Strike
Veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev has called on Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko to end her hunger strike in a Russian jail. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Truce seems to take hold as Ukraine’s currency in limbo
Ukrainian military said it was still too early for it to begin withdrawing its own heavy guns …read more Source: The Globe and...
Canada quietly tiptoes into Ukraine-Russia war
As debate over Canada’s role in the latest Iraq war rages, Ottawa is quietly being drawn into a second, more dangerous, conflict. That second war is in Ukraine. The U.S. and Britain are sending military advisers there to help Ukraine’s embattled central government fight Moscow-backed secessionists. Defence Minister Jason Kenney says...
The Chechen commander who fought – and died – for Ukraine
‘The Chechen people came to our aid because they understand all too well what invasion by the Russian terrorists means,’ mourners told at memorial for an old enemy of Vladimir Putin’s …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukrainian Troops Complete Training Near Lviv
More than five thousand Ukrainian troops completed basic training at a military firing range near the western city of Lviv on February 24. The average age of the recruits, some of whom are volunteers while others have been mobilized, is 40. They will be sent for further training with units, before eventually being deployed in the war zone....
Ukraine Imposes More Controls On Foreign Currency Purchases
Ukraine’s central bank has imposed a temporary ban on purchases of foreign currencies by authorized banks on behalf of their customers. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
