Stewart Bell

National Online Journalist, Investigative

Author Archives

• Canada disrupts attempt to export banned materials to Russia

  Border officers in Montreal seized a shipment that violated Canadian sanctions on Russia.

  Canada

  Aug 2
• Canadian was ‘prolific propagandist’ in ISIS, U.S. prosecutors say

  U.S. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Toronto IT worker Mohammed Khalifa on Friday.

  Canada

  Jul 25
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• Canadian fighter wounded in Ukraine evacuated to Ottawa

  Canadian military veterans brought J.T. out of Ukraine after he drove over a Russian anti-tank mine.

  Canada

  Jul 22
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• Global in Ukraine Exclusive: Interview with family of Russian soldier killed in Ukraine

  Who are the Russian soldiers dying in Ukraine?

  World

  Jul 8
• Global in Ukraine: Russian soldier says he was ordered to shoot civilians

  A Russian soldier who disobeyed an order to open fire on civilians in Kharkiv was shot in both legs by his own army.

  World

  Jul 7
• Who killed Rita Horbyk? A war crime in Ukraine, heartbreak and a flawed investigation

  The death of a 13-year-old girl and the difficult questions it raises about the push to prosecute Russian war crimes.

  World

  Jul 4
• After Russian missile destroys mall, wife of missing man waits and hopes

  Sabina Hrytsai asked why the mall was not closed when air raid sirens sounded about 10 minutes before the attack.

  World

  Jul 3
• Canadian fighting in Ukraine pleads for more equipment

  Matthew McGill, a Canadian Forces veteran from Calgary, arrived in Ukraine in March to fight with the international legion.

  Canada

  Jul 1
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• Outrage and worry at scene of Russian missile strike on shopping mall in Ukraine

  More than 20 are dead and 59 are injured following the daytime Russian attack at a crowded mall.

  World

  Jun 28
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• Russia ramps up attacks on Kharkiv

  Russia strikes on civilian buildings have upset Kharkiv's return to normalcy.

  World

  Jun 26
• Too old for army, Ukrainian partisan stole weapons from Russians

  Ukraine's defence forces said 70-year-old Mykola Riiako was too old to enlist. So he found another way to fight the Russians: stealing their weapons.

  World

  Jun 24
• Ukrainian prisoner of war accuses Russia of torture

  Released in a prisoner exchange, he said Russian authorities mistreated him for three weeks.

  World

  Jun 22
• Ukraine: The kettle thieves of Chornobyl

  A Ukrainian guard tries to make sense of the Russian troops who invaded, occupied, looted and trashed the site of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.

  World

  Jun 10
• Exclusive: How a 15-year-old Ukrainian drone pilot helped destroy a Russian army column

  The incident is being cited as an example of the game-changing role of civilian drones in the Ukraine conflict.

  World

  Jun 6
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• The first 100 days of war through the eyes of a Ukrainian village

  A Global News investigation pieces together what happened in Vilkhivka.

  World

  Jun 3
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• Ukraine cities in path of Russia’s offensive in Donbas urged to evacuate

  Russian forces are just 12 kilometres from Sloviansk and are pushing towards the industrial city, and nearby Kramatorsk, from three directions.

  World

  Jun 1
• Picking up the pieces of Russia’s invasion in Kharkiv

  Ukraine’s second largest city is trying to restart but the challenges are daunting and the rockets keep coming.

  World

  May 29
• Unearthing the evidence of Russia’s war crimes in east Ukraine

  In villages retaken from Russian forces around Kharkiv, a Ukrainian war crimes prosecutor is building cases to bring before the courts.

  World

  May 25
• A Ukrainian village falls victim to another type of Russian war crime: cluster bombs

  Russian’s strategy of leveling cities before trying to advance has left Barvinkove battered and deserted.

  World

  May 24
• EXCLUSIVE: ‘Wolverines’ of Ukraine step out of shadows

  The group says spray-painting the name 'Wolverines' on destroyed Russian tanks is inspired by the 1980s film 'Red Dawn.'

  World

  May 19
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• RCMP lay terrorism charge against Ontario man over alleged links to Atomwaffen neo-Nazi group

  Seth Bertrand faces a charge of participating in the activity of a terrorist group.

  Crime

  May 6
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• In ‘grey zone’ of national security, suspects face no charges but can’t leave Canada

  Rather than charging terrorism suspects, Canadian authorities have been blocking them from leaving Canada via the no-fly list, peace bonds and the denial of passports.

  Canada

  Apr 25
• In ‘land of partisans,’ Belarus activists fight their government’s support of Russian war

  As well as tracking Russian army movements, the anti-war movement has conducted cyberattacks and joined an all-Belarusian battalion fighting in Ukraine.

  World

  Apr 20
• The fisherman and the entrepreneur: How Canadians are helping in Ukraine

  Lex Brukovskiy and Igor Volzhanin are among many Canadians helping respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  Canada

  Apr 12
• Ukraine’s citizen soldiers ‘the last line of defence’ against Russia

  Five weeks into President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, Russia was suffering heavy losses and appeared to be giving up on its plan to seize Kyiv.

  World

  Apr 4