From our VOA colleague:
Just so you know it's out there. :-)
Here's an excerpt:
Welcome to Canada’s unofficial war. It’s being fought on several fronts. In Canada, the Ukrainian lobby, led by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, pressures Ottawa to aid the government of President Petro Poroshenko. But the community also raises funds for its own improvised stream of aid, via organizations such as Army SOS. At the individual level, people have taken up tasks ranging from providing front-line technical help to playing key roles in Ukraine’s propaganda campaign.
And some – a handful – have taken up arms. While Canadians who have gone to join the fight in Syria have had their passports revoked, at least one Ukrainian-Canadian who joined a pro-government militia and fought in the Lugansk region has returned to Canada to help raise money for Army SOS. He hopes to recruit other Canadians to the front line.
This uncharted territory is not without risks....
In today's Daily Vertical, Brian Whitmore highlights the growing anxiety -- in the region and throughout the trans-Atlantic region -- as Moscow continues to flex and the Baltics bristle.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking at a news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis following their meeting today in Berlin, in response to a question whether there is a risk that "Russia will do the same in Moldova as it did in Ukraine."
"We hope not. We are now in the process of ensuring the cease-fire in Ukraine that would hold over a longer period of time so we can proceed with what we had agreed at the Minsk meeting in September together with French President [Francois Hollande]."