A view of a house destroyed in an air strike carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya , on July 2, 2014. (AFP Photo) RT
Speaker: Roger Annis
Roger Annis is a Vancouver-based writer who attended an antiwar conference in Yalta, Crimea on July 6, 7. Conference delegates included Ukrainians, Russians and antiwar activists from Europe and North America.
Broadway Disciples United Church
396 Broadway (use Kennedy entrance)
Thursday, September 25
Doors at 7:15p.m. Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $5.00
Background
In April, the government that came into power two months earlier in Ukraine launched what it termed an “anti-terrorist operation” against the people of Eastern Ukraine.
They were opposing the government’s sharp turn to economic association with Western Europe and were demanding more voice in central government decisions.
That political conflict, NATO’s backing of Kyiv against Russia, and the large-scale humanitarian crisis created by the war are shaking the political foundations of Europe.
What are the origins of this conflict? What led to the ceasefire? What does the future hold? How can Ukrainians and others act to arrive at negotiated solutions to the complex issues at stake?
SPONSOR
Peace Alliance Winnipeg
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