Section: US & Canada
Ukraine fighting intensifies as president vows to control east
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed separatist fighters vying for command over the airport in the city of Donetsk. The separatist stronghold was shaken by intense outgoing and incoming artillery fire over the...
What The World’s Armies Eat
One of the biggest challenges facing any military is providing each soldier with a lightweight, self-contained, high-calorie meal inside of a combat zone. These individual field rations called “Meal Ready-to-Eat”(MRE) or “kitchens in a box” are designed to give service members well-balanced meals that can last them an...
Ukraine says it reclaimed Donetsk airport after ‘massive military operation’
The Ukrainian military on Sunday said its forces had rebuffed an assault by Russian-backed rebels, and reclaimed almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine that was lost in recent weeks, after Kiev rushed tanks to the battle lines in a “massive operation” overnight. Ukrainian officials reported at least six people...
HMCS Toronto returns home to Halifax
HALIFAX – A Canadian navy frigate returned home to Halifax today after a seven month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea.Dozens of people held yellow balloons and homemade signs as the ice-clad HMCS Toronto docked in Halifax harbour this morning.Master seaman Kurt Sheppard was the first off the vessel, waving a bouquet of red roses as he...
Ukrainian Troops Retake Almost All Of Donetsk Airport From Rebels
By Natalia Zinets and Lina Kushch KIEV, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, even as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday. The offensive brought fighting close to the big industrial city of...
Ukraine forces reclaim Donetsk airport in new offensive
Ukrainian troops launched a ‘mass operation’ overnight, retaking almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine lost to separatists in recent weeks. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader vows to reassert control as fighting hits new heights in the east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert control over his country’s conflict-shattered eastern regions as fighting there reached a new peak of intensity. Petro Poroshenko told a crowd of several thousand gathered in central Kyiv that Ukraine wouldn’t “give up an inch” of its land to Russian-backed...
Ukraine leader vows to retake separatist-held east
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president vowed Sunday to reassert control over his country’s conflict-shattered eastern regions as fighting there reached a new peak of intensity.Petro Poroshenko told a crowd of several thousand gathered in central Kiev that Ukraine wouldn’t “give up an inch” of its land to Russian-backed...
Ukraine leader vows to retake separatist-held east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a crowd of several thousand gathered in central Kiev that Ukraine wouldn’t “give up an inch” of its land to Russian-backed separatists.Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine hits new heights
Petro Poroshenko vows to reassert control over separatist-held region …read more Source: The Globe and...
