Russia Ukraine War News

• Battle for Bakhmut: Russian advance stalled in Ukrainian city, think tank says 

  The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said there was no evidence that Russian forces were able to make any progress in the city.

  World

  Mar 12
  
• Ukraine’s interior minister, other top officials killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv

  The helicopter crash Wednesday near the capital killed at least another 14 people, including three children, authorities said.

  World

  Jan 18
  
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• Should Canada send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine? ‘Not there yet,’ says Trudeau

  "We'll look at all the requests from Ukraine but we're not there yet, for the Leopard 2 tanks," the prime minister said, speaking in French.

  Canada

  Jan 16
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• At least 2 killed as Russia hits multiple Ukrainian cities in widespread missile attack

  Russian forces launched at least 60 missile strikes across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, reporting explosions in at least four cities.

  World

  Dec 16, 2022
• Putin can only be defeated through force, not negotiation: former Ukrainian president

  'Putin understands only the language of strength,' Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's former president, told The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson in an interview, aired Sunday.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
• ‘No impunity’: Canada joins G7 pledge to coordinate Russian war crimes probes

  Justice Minister David Lametti issued the Berlin Declaration alongside other G7 justice ministers, which pledged 'no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities.'

  Canada

  Nov 29, 2022
• Would Russian military follow order to use nukes? ‘Questionable,’ says ex-U.S. NATO envoy

  Russian forces likely know what consequences await them if they deploy a nuclear weapon, Kurt Volker told The West Block's Mercedes Stephenson in an interview.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2022
• Russia has taken conflict ‘to the next level’ with attacks on ‘innocents’: Trudeau

  The prime minister was reacting to Russia's attacks Monday morning on Ukrainian cities, including downtown Kyiv, that killed at least 19 people and injured over 100 more.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2022
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• Putin bound to ‘escalate’ war as Russia continues to lose, prominent Kremlin critic says

  Putin views losing power as an "existential threat," according to Bill Browder, a Kremlin critic who has pushed governments to clamp down on corrupt Russian officials.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2022
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• Ukraine continues counteroffensive push as Russia loses ground, uses drones

  Ukrainian forces have retaken swaths of territory, notably in the northeast around Kharkiv, in a counteroffensive in recent weeks that has embarrassed the Kremlin.

  World

  Oct 2, 2022