Section: US & Canada
Increased Canadian military presence in eastern Europe
It’s called Operation Reassurance and is NATO’s current response to the conflict in Ukraine. In May, Canada initially sent about 50 infantry personnel from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) to Eastern Europe to join other NATO forces there. They were replaced in July with 118 members of the...
Ukraine crisis may solve NATO’s ‘identity crisis’
World leaders, diplomats and experts have often fretted about the future of NATO and whether the end of its mission in Afghanistan would also be the end of its relevance. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
Developments in Ukraine – Sept. 1, 2014
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Slovyansk Children Return To School Amid Ongoing Conflict
Children in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk attended their first day of school on September 1. Students recited Ukrainian poetry and sang along to the national anthem at a back-to-school ceremony in the former stronghold of pro-Russian separatists, recaptured by the Ukrainian military in early July. (Reuters) …read more Source:...
Poland’s PM: Ukraine’s War Must be Stopped Now
GDANSK, Poland— Poland’s prime minister says the anniversary of World War II makes it crucial to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, chosen by EU leaders to be the next president of the European Council, spoke Monday at the Westerplatte peninsula on the Baltic coast, where some of the first shots of World War II...
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Direct And Open Aggression’
KIEV, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression”. The withdrawal from the civilian airport outside the city of Luhansk was the latest in a...
Russia Wants Ukraine to Support Ceasefire, Denies Invading
MOSCOW—Diplomats at a new round of talks on easing the crisis in Ukraine must push for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday. The talks later Monday in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, come as Ukrainian troops are facing a resurgent rebel...
Asia stocks gain on stimulus hopes, Europe lower
European shares drifted lower Monday as tensions over Ukraine simmered while Asian stock markets mostly rose on expectations of stimulus in China after manufacturing growth slowed in August. …read more Source: Miami...
Russian official calls for immediate ceasefire ahead of new Ukraine talks
Diplomats at a new round of talks on easing the crisis in Ukraine must push for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday. …read more Source: CTV...
Moscow: Ukraine talks must back cease-fire now
MOSCOW — Diplomats at a new round of talks on easing the crisis in Ukraine must push for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday.The talks later Monday in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, come as Ukrainian troops are facing a resurgent rebel...
