Section: US & Canada
Canada all bellicosity, no action on Ukraine: Westdal
Few people are as uniquely qualified to comment on the current state of affairs between Russia and Ukraine as Christopher Westdal, who has been Canada’s ambassador to both nations. He has long advocated for a better, more comprehensive policy when it comes to the Kremlin but says that, with a government known for its loudness and not its...
Fighting in Ukraine persists in day before cease-fire is to take effect
Officials in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol say an array of artillery attacks hit areas near the city during the morning, as the deadline for a cease-fire creeps closer. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine fighting persists as cease-fire time approaches
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol say an array of artillery attacks hit areas near the city during the… …read more Source:...
Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Cold War didn’t end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear. As the non-Russian republics broke free in the Soviet collapse and Eastern European Soviet satellite countries snapped the chains of Moscow’s dominion, common wisdom held that the … …read...
Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Russian-backed separatists mounted a vicious assault Friday in eastern Ukraine ahead of a weekend cease-fire deadline, pummeling a strategic railway hub with wave upon wave of shelling in a last-minute…Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis
The United States and its European allies, bound together in the NATO alliance to block further Soviet expansion in Europe after World War II. Since the Soviet collapse — as Moscow had feared — that alliance has spread eastward, expanding along a line from Estonia in the north to Romania and Bulgaria in the south. U.S.-Russian relations have...
Russia asks UN Security Council to support cease-fire agreement
Russia is asking the UN Security Council to endorse the new cease-fire agreement on Ukraine and has called upon all parties involved to fully carry it out. …read more Source: FOX...
Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cold War didn’t end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear…. …read more Source: Associated...
Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cold War didn’t end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear.As the… …read more Source:...
Ukraine cease-fire deadline provokes bitter last-gasp battle
Ukrainian army armored vehicles ride on a road towards Debaltseve near the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian gover… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
