Section: US & Canada
Why Russia Wants the Federalization of Ukraine
Just a few days after German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Minsk to discuss a political solution to the crisis in the Donbas, Russian regular forces launched a full-scale invasion of eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin continues to deny...
Canadian troops off to Europe as part of NATO plan to rein in Putin’s ambitions
As many as 1,000 Canadian troops at a time are expected to soon be constantly rotating through Europe. It will be the first time that Canada has so many troops across the pond since it closed two bases in Germany’s Black Forest when the Cold War ended. The Canadians are to be part of an urgent NATO plan to try to rein in Vladimir...
NATO Satellites Show Russian Troops, Armored Vehicles Inside Ukraine
Backing up Kiev government claims of a Russian invasion on Thursday, NATO has published satellite imagery showing Russian military hardware inside the country ready to fire on Ukrainian army positions. After consistently denying that its forces were operating inside Ukraine, Russia made its first public admission that its troops had crossed the...
Photo Essay: What Remains of Donetsk
Photographer Brendan Hoffman returned in late July to Donetsk, the industrial city in eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists declared the Donetsk People’s Republic in April after a referendum in which they said residents voted overwhelmingly to break away from Ukraine. Since then, the city has been the headquarters for separatist...
Rand Paul Takes Isolationist Stance on ISIS Airstrikes
As potential presidential candidates begin to stake out their positions ahead of the 2016 election, Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, is taking a page out of Obama’s playbook. In the Democratic primaries ahead of the 2008 presidential election, then-Senator Barack Obama took the Democratic presidential nomination from the front-runner, Hillary...
“Significant escalation”: Russian tanks enter Ukraine
Official says missiles were fired at a border post; NATO releases satellite imagery showing Russian combat troops inside Ukraine …read more Source:...
Canada assails Russia for ‘invasion’ of Ukraine
Canada has condemned what it says is an “invasion of eastern Ukraine” by Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation, and says NATO leaders gathering next week will discuss how to ratchet up their response to the escalating crisis. But the federal government did not indicate what further measures it plans beyond sanctions already in place....
Ukraine’s leader urges country not to panic
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is calling on the country to resist giving into panic in the wake of Russian forces entering the country. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia’s actions amount to ‘invasion,’ Canadian foreign minister says
The apparent presence of Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine amounts to an “active invasion,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said, calling Russia’s advance an “absolutely reckless” and “shamelessly dishonest” provocation leading up to a NATO summit next week …read more Source: The Globe and...
Ukraine Releases Video of Purported Russian Tank in Novoazovsk
The Ukrainian Security Council on Thursday (August 28) posted video to its YouTube channel showing what it purports to be a Russian tank in the eastern Ukrainian city of Novoazovsk. Ukraine’s security and defence council said on Thursday the border town of Novoazovsk and other parts of Ukraine’s south-east had fallen under the control...
