Section: US & Canada
Ukraine battles separatists in Donetsk airport
Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russia separatists killed during fight for control of Donetsk’s Sergei Prokofyev Airport. …read more Source: Toronto...
$151 billion fled Russia in 2014
Net capital outflows were driven by the country’s conflict with Ukraine and the pressure of international sanctions. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Rally for Rocket Attack Victims
Thousands of people attend a rally in Kiev to remember the victims of a rocket attack on a bus in the east of the country. …read more Source: The Boston...
Ukraine Military Claims Donetsk Airport
The Ukrainian military says it has reclaimed almost all of Donetsk airport from separatist rebels after launching what it described as a “massive operation” overnight. …read more Source: The Boston...
Russia’s Economic Crisis Has Officially Arrived
The Russian economy will take a long time to recover. It badly needs structural reforms that it is unlikely to get JUDGING by the lack of economic news in Russia’s media, a crisis has arrived. Just as in Soviet days, state television does not report facts, it conceals them. The official picture is dominated by the war in Ukraine (fuelled by...
Fighting intensifies as Ukrainian military takes control of Donetsk airport
Andrew V. PestanoDONETSK, Ukraine, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Government forces have escalated operations in the Ukranian city of Donetsk against Russian-endorsed rebels. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukraine president vows to retake the east
President Poroshenko again puts the prospect of a successful truce further afield as fighting rages around the destroyed Donetsk airport …read more Source:...
HMCS Toronto returns to home port after seven month deployment
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto returned to her home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia today, after what the Royal Canadian Navy is calling a successful seven month-long deployment in the Mediterranean Sea on Operation REASSURANCE. That operation is Canada’s response to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s military...
Ukraine says tank offensive pushing rebels from airport
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines and claimed Sunday to have cleared pro-Russian rebels from most of Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting, with heavy shelling shaking the key eastern city.As fighting wracked the country’s war-torn east, thousands of people held a common prayer and peace march...
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine as peace rally is held in Kiev
Fierce fighting raged in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Sunday as tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital, Kiev, to light candles for peace. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
