Ukraine aims to produce about 1 million first-person view (FPV) drones this year. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine and Britain have signed a framework agreement to cooperate in the defence and arms production sector, officials said in Kyiv, part of a wartime effort to build up Ukraine’s domestic weapons industry by working with allies. The document was … Read more
Recent Russian attacks have caused significant damage to the Ukrainian power system, but a total collapse is unlikely, the head of Ukraine’s national grid company Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Monday. Since March 22, the Russian forces have been attacking Ukrainian thermal and hydropower stations as well as main networks on an almost daily basis, which has … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he had served since 2019. The Ukrainian president also let go … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2024 1:41 pm Updated March 25, 2024 1:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Global Affairs Canada says two more Canadians have died in the war between Ukraine and Russia, bringing the total number of Canadians killed in that conflict to … Read more
Russia on Friday staged its largest air strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure of the war, hitting a vast dam, killing at least five people and leaving more than a million others without electricity, Kyiv said. Ukraine, which has long urged allies to supply more air defenses, said its energy system had received emergency power supplies from … Read more
By Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Elaine Monaghan Reuters Posted March 17, 2024 9:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russia will be asked to observe a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Paris Olympics, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview from Paris shown on Ukrainian television and posted by a Ukrainian journalist … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 3, 2024 2:57 pm Updated March 3, 2024 10:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s foreign affairs minister has announced another round of sanctions against the Russian government, which she says are in response to last month’s death of Russian opposition … Read more
For Ukrainians in country and as far away as Canada, Saturday’s grim second anniversary of the Russian invasion means reflection on lives lost, families shattered, hard choices made and even harder choices to come. In Edmonton, Archpriest Cornell Zubritsky, sees it every week among parishioners at Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. He … Read more
A rally was held in Calgary on Saturday to mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was organized by the Calgary chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Anna Tselukhina, who helped organize the rally, said it’s a way to remember those who have died and to remind the world that the war … Read more
The US Senate this week approved $60 billion of funding for Ukraine. (File) Kyiv: Ukraine’s new army chief said Wednesday the situation on the front line was “extremely difficult” as delays to much-needed US military aid cast a shadow over how long Kyiv’s troops can hold out. The 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front line has barely moved … Read more
