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WARNING: Please be advised this story contains disturbing images. After a brief respite, the war in Ukraine has resumed with a fury. Coinciding with Victory Day in Russia, a three-day ceasefire ended with a massive attack from Moscow. Nathaniel Dove has the latest on the fighting.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to lessen Canada’s dependence on the U.S. in the wake of the soured relationship between the two countries. David Akin explains how Canada and the European Union are strengthening their trade ties, and Carney’s new commitment to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, underwater mines have posed a major risk in the Black Sea. Finding and detonating those mines is the work of Royal Canadian Navy dive teams – something that is both dangerous and requires extraordinary skill. In this case, a team from Halifax has been tasked with...

Canada is contributing another $270 million to help Ukraine secure critical military capabilities as it continues to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The money will go toward buying items from a NATO list, and brings Canada’s total monetary support for Ukraine to $25.8 billion.

Ukraine on Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster during a ceremony at the time the fourth reactor exploded in 1986, with a bell rung by a man wearing a white protective suit and onlookers laying flowers and lighting candles. 

Russian troops are preparing for the annual May 9 Victory Day parade, that celebrates the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The Kremlin announced a ceasefire with Ukraine so the parade can take place amid Ukrainian drones and missiles striking deeper into Russia. Ukraine’s foreign ministry called the May 9 ceasefire offer “manipulation”...

To celebrate its annual Victory Day, Russia held a scaled-down parade in Red Square under tight security Saturday, following spells of drone attacks from Ukraine. In a speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin commended the soldiers of modern day soldiers fighting in Ukraine, hailing Russian “heroes” in what he called “resisting an aggressive force that is...

Oil exports to countries such as Syria have been an economic lifeline for Russia in its war with Ukraine. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, three sanctioned oil tankers are now inoperable after drone strikes over the weekend. Mackenzie Gray reports.

After months of delays, the European Parliament reached an agreement on Wednesday to give Ukraine a €90 billion loan, roughly C$140 billion. The decision comes little more than a week after pro-Russia Viktor Orban, the president of Hungary, a member of EU, lost his country’s national presidential election. Nathaniel Dove has more on what changed...

From the battlefield in Ukraine to imprisonment, torture and then eventual release, Shaun Pinner’s story is one of resilience, sacrifice and unbreakable spirit. And he is sharing that story — here in Edmonton — this coming Friday. He stopped by Global News Morning Edmonton to talk more about his journey.

The guns between Russia and Ukraine were supposed to fall silent this weekend for a temporary ceasefire marking the Orthodox Easter weekend. Reports of Russian attacks on Ukraine have already dampened some of those hopes. But both sides did agree to prisoner exchanges for the holiday. Jillian Piper reports.

Russia and Ukraine have carried out a prisoner of war (POW) exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates, with each side swapping 175 more detainees on Saturday, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

Days after Russia launched a massive attack against Ukraine, the Kremlin has struck again. While the United States stopped giving Ukraine weapons it needs to fight back, it kept selling them to NATO to give to Kyiv. New reporting suggests that support could slow even further at a critical time. Nathaniel Dove has more.

A Russian drone attack injured nine people in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Wednesday, mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messaging app.

As the war in Ukraine continues, members of the diaspora in Canada are recognizing the sacrifices of Canadians who volunteered to fight for Ukraine. They stress that the fight has far-reaching implications beyond that country and hope the urgency of the conflict does not diminish over time among Canadians. Phil Carpenter reports.

Ukrainians are concerned that the conflict in the Middle East is helping Russia’s war machine, not only because it’s drawing attention from Ukraine, but also because Russia, like Canada, is benefiting from a surge in oil revenues. The energy crisis has also prompted the U.S. to temporarily ease some sanctions on Russian oil shipments. Vincent...

At least 22 people, including two city officials were injured following a Russian daytime drone strike in Lviv, officials say. Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site around Lviv’s 17th-century St. Andrew’s Church was damaged in the onslaught.

On Thursday, EU leaders slammed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for his blockade of a vital 90 billion euro EU loan to Ukraine to keep up its fight against Russia’s invasion.  

Sean Penn was presented with a symbolic Oscar-style award in Ukraine on Tuesday. The Oscar-winning actor skipped the Academy Awards, where he won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another, to travel by train to Kyiv, where he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of continued support.

One of the documentaries in the running for an academy award this year tells the story of a journalist killed in the suburbs of Kiev, covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Mike Armstrong reports, the creators hope the film sparks a conversation about press freedom.