Section: US & Canada
Ukraine Readies for Possible Russian-Backed Rebel Attack
Ukraine’s military is preparing to repel a possible assault by Russian-backed rebels in the east following reports of Russian military reinforcements crossing the border. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said Monday in an interview with the daily German daily Bild that the country is ready for total war. Ukraine’s military...
NATO Warns of ‘Serious Military Buildup’ Around Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said a military buildup was taking place both inside Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border. …read more Source:...
UK To Send 10 Armored Vehicles To Ukraine To Support OSCE Mission As Tensions With Russia Rise
The United Kingdom will send 10 armored vehicles to Ukraine to support the Special Monitoring Mission by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the U.K. Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday. According to the ministry, the newly deployed armed forces are intended to help OSCE conduct its monitoring mission safely as...
NATO head sees ‘very serious’ Russian military build-up in Ukraine
Brussels (AFP) – Russia is making a “very serious” military build-up in Ukraine and on their shared border, deploying troops and sophisticated equipment including air defence systems, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.Moscow could be “part of a peaceful negotiated solution or Russia can continue on a path of...
NATO head sees ‘very serious’ Russian military build-up in Ukraine
Brussels (AFP) – Russia is making a “very serious” military build-up in Ukraine and on their shared border, deploying troops and sophisticated equipment including air defence systems, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.Moscow could be “part of a peaceful negotiated solution or Russia can continue on a path of...
Germany’s minister shuttles between Moscow, Kiev
The continuing military conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed more than 4,000 people and displaced a million, according to the U.N. The Sept. 5 accords froze the position of front lines between the sides although heavy artillery fire is still killing civilians and combatants daily. …read more Source: San Francisco...
NATO Sees Military Buildup In Ukraine, Urges Russia To Pull Back
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on November 18 that there has been a “serious military buildup” both in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border, and urged Moscow to pull back its forces. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Germany’s top diplomat on shuttle mission between Moscow, Kiev
Germany’s foreign minister is urging the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists to respect the cease-fire agreement. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukrainian soldier: “they don’t fight. they simply destroy”
Footage from Ukrainian TV shows government troops in eastern Ukraine coming under fresh artillery fire from pro-Russian separatists. Gavino Garay reports. Video provided by Reuters …read more...
Why journalism and jingoism shouldn’t mix
More from Andrew Mitrovica available here. It’s been another instructive week in Ottawa and beyond about how politics gets covered by much of the media. Despite their putative role as professional skeptics, our news outlets routinely prove that they’re anything but. Want proof? Here’s proof. Exhibit A: Mr. Harper in Brisbane....
