Tag: Ukraine invasion

Book Review: ‘Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine’

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War has been a two-fold conflict. It has been a physical military conflict within the borders of Ukraine, while at the same time it has been a propaganda war within and without those borders, reaching (or “overreaching”) across Europe and across the Pacific into America. Owen Matthews has been covering the fight…


Canada Will Create Team to Combat Russian Disinformation, Trudeau Says

The federal government will create a team to battle Russian disinformation and propaganda stemming from the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Aug. 23. Trudeau made the announcement during his appearance at the virtual Summit for Heads of State and Government of the International Crimea Platform, where over 50 representatives from various nations announced…


Russia’s Lavrov Walks out of G-20 as West Denounces Ukraine War

NUSA DUA, Indonesia—Group of Twenty (G-20) foreign ministers called for an end to the war and grain blockade in Ukraine on Friday, as Russia’s top diplomat walked out of a meeting and denounced the West for “frenzied criticism” and squandering a chance to tackle global economic problems. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on…


John Robson: People Move to Canada to Be Canadian, Not Hyphenated Canadians

Commentary The other day I happened to have commercial dealings with a guy whose name and accent made clear he was from Russia. So here’s what I told him about the invasion of Ukraine: nothing. Not because I don’t care about Ukraine. I do, on humanitarian and strategic grounds. The reason I didn’t give Boris…


Increased Input Costs for Farmers Mean Higher Food Prices Could Follow

Farmers are facing increased input costs as they seed their crops this spring, an obstacle that is affecting how they approach operations and that will likely mean higher food prices down the road. Professor Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, says fertilizer costs are way up. “These critical inputs for…


Moldova Explosions Raise Fears Separatist Region Could be Drawn into Ukraine War

Attacks in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria have raised concerns that Russia will drag the area into the Ukraine war. The area borders western Ukraine and is controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Russia has permanently stationed some 1,500 troops in the unrecognized sliver of land since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Transnistria’s Interior Ministry said…


Russian Forces Advancing From Staging Areas in Donbass Toward Kramatorsk: UK

Russian forces are advancing from staging areas in the Donbass region toward Kramatorsk, which continues to be bombarded by persistent rocket attacks, a British military update said on Thursday. High levels of Russian air activity continue as Moscow seeks to provide close air support to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offensive in eastern Ukraine, and to…


Two Mass Graves With Civilian Bodies Found in Bucha: Kyiv Police

Ukrainian officials on Thursday claimed to have found two mass graves containing civilian bodies in a village in the Bucha region, where Russian forces allegedly killed hundreds. The Kyiv Region Police said on Facebook that two mass graves containing the bodies of nine civilians, including a 15-year-old girl, were discovered in the area, located close…


Pentagon Responds to Russia’s ‘Satan 2’ Missile Test

The Pentagon on Wednesday said Russia notified the United States ahead of its test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia’s first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal, was not deemed as a “threat” to the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said. Russian President…


Russia Says It Will Not Disclose Banks Linked to SWIFT Alternative: Report

Russia’s central bank announced Tuesday that it would no longer disclose the names of banks that use its alternative to the SWIFT payment system. The move comes after several Russian banks were banned from SWIFT—the cross-border payment system operator—as part of measures that came in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which…