Ukraine

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)
Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd mechanized brigade listen to a prayer during the sacred liturgy before the upcoming Christmas at the frontline near Vuhledar, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Valentyn Kuzan)

Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks, 1 targeting a military airport

Each country says they shot dozens of drones out of the sky over the weekend

Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd mechanized brigade listen to a prayer during the sacred liturgy before the upcoming Christmas at the frontline near Vuhledar, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Valentyn Kuzan)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Aleksander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin: no peace with Ukraine until Russia’s goals are achieved

Russian leader speaks at year-end news conference that lasted more than four hours

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (Aleksander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with Cape Verde’s Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva, in Cape Verde, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 while he travels to Argentina for the inauguration of the newly-elected President Javier Milei. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy heads to Argentina to win support from developing nations

Zelenskyy has repeatedly presented their war against Russia as resistance against colonial aggression

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with Cape Verde’s Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva, in Cape Verde, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 while he travels to Argentina for the inauguration of the newly-elected President Javier Milei. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)

Polish truck drivers blocking the border with Ukraine

Polish protesters argue that their livelihoods are at stake after the EU relaxed some transport rules

Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a monthlong border blockade. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
FILE - A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, the Biden Administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Biden worries dwindling U.S. cash flow could ‘kneecap’ Ukraine war effort

U. S. running out of money for Ukraine, which could hinder fight against Russia, White House warns

FILE - A man uses plastic to cover a broken window in his apartment following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, the Biden Administration sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals, NDP, Bloc accuse Conservatives of stalling Canada-Ukraine free trade deal

The Tories have repeatedly voiced public support for Ukraine, including during Zelenskyy’s visit to Canada

Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals say Tories delaying help for Ukraine as advocacy group pleads with Poilievre

The bill passed through the committee stage earlier this week with the support of other parties

Liberals are accusing Conservatives of delaying help for Ukrainians, after a Tory motion prevented the House of Commons from voting today on a bill meant to modernize the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Thursday, November 30, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
FILE - Ukraine’s Eurovision singer Jamala speaks during a news conference about her winning song “1944” in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on its wanted list, state news agencies reported Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The reports said an Interior Ministry database listed singer Susana Jamaladinova as being sought for violating a criminal law. The independent news site Mediazona, which covers opposition and human rights issues, said Jamaladinova was charged under a law adopted last year that bans spreading so-called fake information about the Russian military and the ongoing fighting in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)

Russia puts Ukrainian winner of Eurovision Song Contest on wanted list

Susana Jamaladinova accused of breaking an information law adopted last year

FILE - Ukraine’s Eurovision singer Jamala speaks during a news conference about her winning song “1944” in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on its wanted list, state news agencies reported Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The reports said an Interior Ministry database listed singer Susana Jamaladinova as being sought for violating a criminal law. The independent news site Mediazona, which covers opposition and human rights issues, said Jamaladinova was charged under a law adopted last year that bans spreading so-called fake information about the Russian military and the ongoing fighting in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov, File)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk before a joint press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Ukrainians fleeing war say there are barriers to starting new life in Canada

As of Oct. 14, more than 198,600 Ukrainians have come to Canada on a 3-year emergency visa program

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk before a joint press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
About 300 delegates are gathering today in Halifax for the city’s annual forum on global security. Most of the sessions are about the war in Ukraine, but Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel and the resulting Israeli military’s invasion of the Gaza Strip will be part of the talks. The first plenary on Friday will include Canadian Defence Minister and conference host Bill Blair. Blair speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Support for Ukraine remains strong despite shift in attention to Gaza: Bill Blair

Blair is among 300 delegates from around the world attending the 3-day Halifax International Security Forum

About 300 delegates are gathering today in Halifax for the city’s annual forum on global security. Most of the sessions are about the war in Ukraine, but Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel and the resulting Israeli military’s invasion of the Gaza Strip will be part of the talks. The first plenary on Friday will include Canadian Defence Minister and conference host Bill Blair. Blair speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kamyshin, speaks to The Associated Press in an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Approximately 500 companies in Ukraine’s defense industry are contributing to the country’s efforts to increase weapon production in order to counter Russia’s attempts to seize more territory, said Oleksandr Kamyshin in an interview with AP on Friday. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Minister says he wants to turn Ukraine into a weapons production hub for the West

‘We’re really focusing on making Ukraine the arsenal of the free world,’ Kamyshin says

The Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kamyshin, speaks to The Associated Press in an interview in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Approximately 500 companies in Ukraine’s defense industry are contributing to the country’s efforts to increase weapon production in order to counter Russia’s attempts to seize more territory, said Oleksandr Kamyshin in an interview with AP on Friday. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)
Dr. Tara Stratton treats a child in Ukraine. (Global Care Force/Submitted)

Kelowna doctor shares stories from volunteering in Ukraine

Dr. Tara Stratton worked in towns that have been recently liberated from Russian occupation

Dr. Tara Stratton treats a child in Ukraine. (Global Care Force/Submitted)
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the leadership chaos gripping Capitol Hill will have no impact on Canada’s ongoing support for Ukraine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jacquelyn Martin

Canada will be there for Ukraine regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill: Trudeau

Ousted speaker McCarthy had quietly backed the U.S. effort to assist Ukraine

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during the House Oversight Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into President Joe Biden, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the leadership chaos gripping Capitol Hill will have no impact on Canada’s ongoing support for Ukraine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jacquelyn Martin
President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden tries to reassure allies of continued U.S. support for Ukraine

House Republicans want to cut off money to Kyiv

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Overall view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Yaroslav Hunka watches and applauds at far right, centre. It later emerged that Hunka had fought in Ukraine during the Second World War with the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a volunteer unit created by the Nazis to help fight the Soviet Union. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

Head of Canadian Ukrainian group defends man who fought for unit created by Nazis

Jurij Klufas has not met 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka but says the veteran is being treated unfairly

Overall view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Yaroslav Hunka watches and applauds at far right, centre. It later emerged that Hunka had fought in Ukraine during the Second World War with the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a volunteer unit created by the Nazis to help fight the Soviet Union. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to an impromptu rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem at an event including members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling home from North America, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and paid his first wartime visit to Canada.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Russian airstrikes kill 2, wound 3 in Ukraine as war enters 20th month

Strikes hit city of Beryslav and village of Lvove

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to an impromptu rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem at an event including members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling home from North America, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and paid his first wartime visit to Canada.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska arrive at the Ottawa airport for a visit to Canada, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

President Zelenskyy brings Ukraine update to Canada in person

Leader speaking in Parliament among several Canadian stops

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska arrive at the Ottawa airport for a visit to Canada, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the World Law Congress at the United Nations, Friday, July 21, 2023. Trudeau returns to the UN on Tuesday for two days of meetings with world leaders, environmental crusaders and civil-society luminaries at a time when urgent climate priorities and geopolitical uncertainty are likely to dominate the agenda.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Wildfires and floods bring nations together for ‘a serious moment’

Widespread impact of climate change along with ongoing military conflict gives world leaders pause

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the World Law Congress at the United Nations, Friday, July 21, 2023. Trudeau returns to the UN on Tuesday for two days of meetings with world leaders, environmental crusaders and civil-society luminaries at a time when urgent climate priorities and geopolitical uncertainty are likely to dominate the agenda.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
<div>Canada is joining a three-month-old partnership with several key allies to send air defence missile to Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, June 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn</div>

Canada joins allies in sending air defence missiles to Ukraine

Money comes from the $500 million fund announced in June

<div>Canada is joining a three-month-old partnership with several key allies to send air defence missile to Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, June 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn</div>