Stewart Bell

National Online Journalist, Investigative

Author Archives

• 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
• As Russia pulls back, life slowly returns to Kyiv

  It's too soon for a victory parade but with Russia’s hopes of taking Ukraine's capital fading, residents are coming home and businesses are re-opening.

  World

  Apr 1
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• Inside Kharkiv, a city once close to Russia comes under daily bombardment

  Only 25-kilometres from the Russian border, and home to a mostly Russian-speaking population, Kharkiv is being steadily demolished by Russian forces.

  World

  Mar 30
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• Ukrainians seek refuge in the shadow of a nuclear power plant

  The Yuzhnoukrainsk nuclear power plant has become an unlikely source of security to some Ukrainians, who reason that Russian wouldn’t dare attack the city.

  World

  Mar 28
• Married in a Ukrainian bomb shelter

  Forced to take shelter during their wartime wedding, a Ukrainian couple exchanged vows in an underground bunker.

  World

  Mar 28
• ‘Just hell that burns again and again’: Mariupol residents describe city in ruins

  Photos and videos shared with Global News by residents of Mariupol, Ukraine, show the blackened ruins of an apartment block and the skeletons of wrecked cars.

  World

  Mar 26
• Veterans who rescued Afghan interpreters bring Canadian Forces interpreters out of Ukraine

  After helping their former interpreters get out of Afghanistan, Canadian veterans have expanded their work into Ukraine.

  World

  Mar 25
• Signs of war: Ukrainians fight back, with billboards

  All along west Ukraine’s roads and highways, billboards have become a form of resistance. With pointed slogans, they taunt Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion force.

  World

  Mar 18
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• Ukraine’s not-so-secret weapon against Russia: an army of volunteers supplying the front

  While NATO countries ship weapons to Ukraine, a far more expansive effort within the country runs supplies to soldiers and civilians on the front lines.

  World

  Mar 16
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• ‘A lot’ of Canadians have joined fight against Russian invasion of Ukraine, says spokesperson

  The international volunteer force assembled to fight the Russian invasion of Ukraine has recruited a significant number of Canadians, the group's spokesperson says.

  World

  Mar 15
• Airstrike victims were Ukrainian, officials say, rejecting Russia’s claim ‘foreign mercenaries’ died

  Missiles struck near the Ukrainian border with Poland, killing dozens, injuring 134 and raising concerns about Russia’s willingness to attack so close to a NATO country.

  World

  Mar 14
• Russian missile strikes kill 35 at Ukrainian military training base near Polish border

  The Ukrainian military base attacked by Russian missiles near the western city of Lviv was once where the Canadian military trained Ukrainian troops.

  World

  Mar 13
• A Ukrainian mayor, Russian missiles and the ghost of controversial Second World War nationalist

  In Ivano-Frankivsk, the mayor said he needed weapons and medical kits, and a volunteer organizer vowed to 'sing in Red Square that we are the sons of Bandera.'

  World

  Mar 11