Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine War

• Ukraine war: How critics were quashed as nationalism surged in Russia

  Russian state TV expanded political and news programs to boost the narrative that Russia was ridding Ukraine of Nazis, a false claim Putin used as pretext for the invasion.

  World

  Feb 19
  
• Ukraine presses on with counteroffensive amid Russian retreat

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says "the Russian army in these days is demonstrating the best that it can do — showing its back."

  World

  Sep 11, 2022
  
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• Russian shelling hits Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv, Kharkiv

  Mykolaiv and its surrounding region have been hit daily for weeks in the conflict, while in Kharkiv Russian shelling late Saturday set a large wooden restaurant complex on fire.

  World

  Sep 4, 2022
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• Red Cross requests prison access after shelling kills dozens of Ukrainian POWs

  Both sides alleged the attack on the prison was premeditated and intended to silence the Ukrainian prisoners and to destroy evidence, including of possible atrocities.

  Politics

  Jul 30, 2022
• 2nd Canada-bound charter flight carrying Ukrainians arrives in Montreal

  A second charter flight carrying Ukrainians arrived in Montreal on Sunday. This flight from Poland is the second of three federal chartered flights.

  Canada

  May 29, 2022
• Russian teacher rejected Moscow’s propaganda. Now he’s trying to flee the country

  Andrei Shestakov plans to leave Russia because he says he fears further penalties from Russian authorities for his opposition to the war in Ukraine.

  World

  Apr 18, 2022
• Russia can’t be isolated and won’t be held back, Vladimir Putin tells West

  Vladimir Putin also said he had no doubts Russia would achieve all of its objectives in Ukraine, a conflict he cast as both inevitable and essential to defend Russia in the future.

  World

  Apr 12, 2022
• Over 5,000 dead in Mariupol as Ukraine braces for battle in the east

  In other developments, the U.S. and its Western allies moved to impose new sanctions against the Kremlin over what they branded war crimes.

  World

  Apr 6, 2022
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• Russia can’t be a constructive G20 partner, Trudeau says amid Ukraine war

  Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that G20 leaders were having conversations about Russia's presence in the G20 because the Ukraine invasion.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2022
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• Most Russian forces have left Chornobyl, Ukraine’s state nuclear company says

  Energoatom said a small number of Russian troops remained at Chornobyl in Ukraine, but did not specify how many or share further details.

  World

  Mar 31, 2022