Why Is Russia Attacking Ukraine

• European Union imposes new sanctions on top Russia officials, banks, trade

  Asset freezes were slapped on three more Russian banks and seven Iranian companies, agencies, political parties or other organizations that manufacture military drones

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  Feb 25
  
• Ukraine war anniversary: Joly tells UN assembly Putin is losing grip on reality

  Joly argued Russia isn't respecting the UN charter, and is abusing the veto it holds as a permanent member of on the UN Security Council.

  Canada

  Feb 22
  
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• 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.

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  Feb 19
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• Ukraine war: ‘Fast-track’ talks between Kyiv and the West underway for missiles, planes

  Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Ukraine's supporters in the West "understand how the war is developing."

  World

  Jan 28
• Canadian dies in battle while fighting with Ukrainian forces, government confirms

  Multiple media reports say Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko, a dual citizen, died on Sunday near the city of Bakhmut in a battle while fighting with Ukrainian forces.

  Canada

  Jan 17
• Ukraine war: U.K. promises tanks, artillery systems amid Russian missile attacks

  Rishi Sunak made the pledge to provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems after speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday.

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  Jan 14
• Zelenskyy thanks Trudeau for donating air defence system to Ukraine

  The NASAM is a medium-range ground-based air defence system that protects against drone, missile and aircraft attack with a high success rate.

  Canada

  Jan 10
• Ukraine thanks U.S. for military aid amid faltering ceasefire with Russia

  Ukraine denounced the unilateral 36-hour truce as a ploy and said it appeared to have been ignored by some of Moscow's forces pressing ahead with the nearly 11-month invasion.

  World

  Jan 7
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• Pope Francis pleas for end to ‘icy winds of war’ in Ukraine in Christmas message

  Francis said lamented that on Christmas, the "path of peace'' is blocked by social forces that include ``attachment to power and money, pride, hypocrisy, falsehood."

  World

  Dec 25, 2022
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• Some Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 to part ways with Russia. Here’s why

  The idea of commemorating the birth of Jesus in December was considered radical in Ukraine until recently, but Russia's invasion changed many hearts and minds.

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  Dec 25, 2022