Ukraine

April Huggett in Ukraine Photo: Submitted

B.C. woman reflects on 18 months on the front lines in Ukraine

‘Nobody can go through war and be who they were before,’ says April Huggett

 

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill, May 8, 2024, in Washington. Austin committed Monday to keeping U.S. weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces one of its toughest moments against a renewed assault by Russia. “We’re meeting in a moment of challenge,” Austin said, noting that Russia’s new onslaught of Kharkiv showed why the continued commitment by the countries was vital to keep coming. Austin vowed to keep U.S. weapons moving “week after week.” (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Russian renews assault

Russia attacking in the northeast, while Ukraine works to gain back occupied Crimean Peninsula

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov and Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov during their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

At least 11 killed as Russia presses forward with its offensive in Ukraine

Ukraine waiting on delayed deliveries of crucial weapons and ammunition from Western partners

 

A newly recruited soldier of the 3rd assault brigade trains, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 17, 2024. A divisive mobilisation law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s mobilization law comes into force as new Russian push strains troops

The legislation will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country

A newly recruited soldier of the 3rd assault brigade trains, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 17, 2024. A divisive mobilisation law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A man lies on the ground as he watches his burning house destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Vovchansk, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Thousands flee as Russia presses border assault near Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city

At least 4,000 civilians have fled the Kharkiv region since Friday

A man lies on the ground as he watches his burning house destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Vovchansk, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Priest Ivan, blesses Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service Donetsk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine marks its 3rd Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russia

Officials in Kyiv told residents to follow Easter services online due to safety concerns

Priest Ivan, blesses Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service Donetsk region, Ukraine, early Sunday, May 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military has acknowledged the Russians have gained a “foothold” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,000 before the war, but say fighting continues. No people could be seen in the footage, and no building in Ocheretyne appeared to have been left untouched by the fighting. (Kherson/Green via AP)

Drone footage shows Ukrainian village battered to ruins

Russian troops have been advancing in the area

This drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the village of Ocheretyne, a target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s military has acknowledged the Russians have gained a “foothold” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,000 before the war, but say fighting continues. No people could be seen in the footage, and no building in Ocheretyne appeared to have been left untouched by the fighting. (Kherson/Green via AP)
Mykyta Zakharchenko, 18, poses for a portrait in Ottawa, in a Thursday, April 25, 2024 handout photo. Men eligible for military service in Ukraine will lose access to administrative services abroad, the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced in a social media post Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Simon Hopkins

Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze

Men eligible for military service in Ukraine will lose access to administrative services abroad

Mykyta Zakharchenko, 18, poses for a portrait in Ottawa, in a Thursday, April 25, 2024 handout photo. Men eligible for military service in Ukraine will lose access to administrative services abroad, the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced in a social media post Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Simon Hopkins
Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks during a media availability in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Blair says the financial assistance to Ukraine is being made in collaboration with the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada allocates millions for drone production, ammunition to support Ukraine

Defence Minister Bill Blair says financial assistance is in collaboration with the United Kingdom

Defence Minister Bill Blair speaks during a media availability in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Blair says the financial assistance to Ukraine is being made in collaboration with the United Kingdom. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A volunteer makes a camouflage net at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 22, 2024. A newly approved package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia. But winning it will be a long slog. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Big U.S. boost will help, but Ukraine still facing a long, hard slog

‘Ultimately it offers Ukraine the prospect of staying in the war this year’

A volunteer makes a camouflage net at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 22, 2024. A newly approved package of $61 billion in U.S. aid may prevent Ukraine from losing its war against Russia. But winning it will be a long slog. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A Ukrainian Emergency Situation sapper carries an unexploded shell after using a mine-clearing machine to clear the site of explosives after battles with Russian troops, near Balaklia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukraine targets oil refinery, drone factory in deepest strikes inside Russia

Kyiv officials normally decline comment about attacks on Russian soil

A Ukrainian Emergency Situation sapper carries an unexploded shell after using a mine-clearing machine to clear the site of explosives after battles with Russian troops, near Balaklia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Ukrainian police officer Volodymyr Nikulin poses for a photo in downtown Kyiv, Monday March 11, 2024. Nikulin helped Associated Press journalists during the siege of Mariupol, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while filming “20 Days in Mariupol” which won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Ukraine’s first Oscar hailed as reminder of war’s horrors

‘20 Days in Mariupol’ a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian police officer Volodymyr Nikulin poses for a photo in downtown Kyiv, Monday March 11, 2024. Nikulin helped Associated Press journalists during the siege of Mariupol, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while filming “20 Days in Mariupol” which won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency workers clear the rubble on the site of a destroyed multi-store building after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Ukrainian Emergency Service Office via AP)

Death toll rises from Russian strike on Ukraine, as China’s envoy tours Moscow

Ukraine says several babies among those killed in strike on apartment building

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency workers clear the rubble on the site of a destroyed multi-store building after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Ukrainian Emergency Service Office via AP)
Ukrainians and Poles march with a giant Ukrainian flag in protest of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine on the second anniversary of the war, in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Ukrainian troops improvising medical supplies: UNIFIER training commander

Soldiers using doors for stretchers, officer told Canadian officials

Ukrainians and Poles march with a giant Ukrainian flag in protest of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine on the second anniversary of the war, in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday Feb. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
The Samuel de Champlain Bridge is shown lit up in the colours of Ukraine in Montreal, Saturday, February 26, 2022, in a show of support from the government of Canada for the Ukrainian people and all Ukrainian Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Some Ukrainians in Quebec struggle with French requirement for immigration

One single mother of two kids says it’s hard to find the time to learn a new language and take exams

The Samuel de Champlain Bridge is shown lit up in the colours of Ukraine in Montreal, Saturday, February 26, 2022, in a show of support from the government of Canada for the Ukrainian people and all Ukrainian Canadians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Seven months after managing a Kyiv coffee shop, Anton’s new home is a tiny village on the front line of the war between Ukraine and Russia near the embattled city of Bakhmut. Anton, who like many other soldiers goes only by his first name for the safety of family members, is seen in an undated handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Anton

From grinding beans to dodging drones: the life of a Ukrainian soldier

‘I am not a hero. I’m just trying to stay alive’

Seven months after managing a Kyiv coffee shop, Anton’s new home is a tiny village on the front line of the war between Ukraine and Russia near the embattled city of Bakhmut. Anton, who like many other soldiers goes only by his first name for the safety of family members, is seen in an undated handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Anton
Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government will spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand a legal advice hotline for war-displaced Ukrainians in Canada to help them understand their rights and navigate the immigration system. Virani rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

More than 220K Ukrainians in Canada ponder their future as war about to turn 2

Trudeau doesn’t respond to questions about long-term plan, saying Canada focused on ending this war

Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government will spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand a legal advice hotline for war-displaced Ukrainians in Canada to help them understand their rights and navigate the immigration system. Virani rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks at an event to mark Ukraine Independence Day in Ottawa on Thursday, August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Joly in Kyiv to launch global push to get Russia to return Ukrainian children

Next month marks the 10th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Crimea

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks at an event to mark Ukraine Independence Day in Ottawa on Thursday, August 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian shelling kills 11 in Donetsk region; Ukraine claims it hit a Crimean air base

5 children were among the dead and 8 further people were wounded in the attack

In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukraine

Ukraine calls it the biggest aerial barrage of the war

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)