Crimean Peninsula

• Small explosive on makeshift drone blasts Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters

  The Black Sea Fleet's press service said the drone appeared to be homemade. It described the explosive device as "low-power." Six people were reportedly wounded.

  Politics

  Jul 31
  
• ‘Excruciating’: War in Ukraine hits close to home for Canadian military trainers

  Canada first established a military training mission, dubbed Operation Unifier, in Ukraine in 2015 in direct response to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.

  Canada

  Mar 8
  
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• Pro-Russian rebels reject peace deal, launch offensive

  Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops.

  World

  Jan 23, 2015
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• The Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine in maps and numbers

  Global News takes a look at the numbers and geography of the current state of the crisis in Ukraine.

  World

  Aug 28, 2014
• WATCH: Pro-Russian protesters storm building in Ukraine

  Pro-Russian protesters, brandishing iron bars and bricks, attacked two buildings in Ukraine on Saturday, in an apparent retaliation for violence in Odesa.

  World

  May 3, 2014
• Ukraine: Insurgents won’t disarm, prepare for Easter behind barricades

  Pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine on Saturday prepared to celebrate Orthodox Easter at barricades outside seized government offices across Ukraine.

  World

  Apr 19, 2014
• Crimeans overwhelmingly vote to leave Ukraine, join Russia

  Fireworks exploded and Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

  World

  Mar 16, 2014
• Obama: US, allies ‘forced to apply costs’ if Russia persists in Ukraine

  Ukraine's security council chief has accused Russia of a massive military buildup near Ukraine's border that raises the threat of an invasion.

  Mar 12, 2014
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• BLOG: Who does Putin think he’s protecting Crimea from?

  I'll be the first to tell you I'm no expert on Russia - Ukraine relations, or of the particular experience that Russian speaking Ukrainians have of living in this country.

  Blogs

  Mar 3, 2014