Ukraine’s Zelenskyy revokes citizenship of numerous former politicians – National | Globalnews.ca
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revoked the citizenship of several former influential politicians on Saturday in the latest of steps to “cleanse” the country from pro-Russian influences. “Today, I signed the relevant documents to take another step to protect and cleanse our state from those on the side of the aggressor,” Zelenskyy said during his nightly video […]
Poland planning to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine even without German approval – National | Globalnews.ca
Poland‘s prime minister said on Monday his government would ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, and planned to send them whether or not Berlin agreed. Germany’s foreign minister had said on Sunday that Berlin would not stand in the way if Poland wanted to do so. The issue of supplying the […]
‘We love you, Canada’: Ukraine thanks Ottawa in heartfelt video – National | Globalnews.ca
Ukraine has sent a gracious thank you to Canada for the assistance it has provided during its ongoing war against Russia. In a video posted on Twitter Friday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence showed appreciation for the $1 billion Canada has promised in military aid. “The flesh and blood of our future Victory! Canada, we love […]
Brittney Griner in ‘good spirits,’ reunites with wife in U.S. after Russian prisoner swap – National | Globalnews.ca
Brittney Griner returned to the United States Friday and was reunited with her wife nearly 10 months after her detention in Russia made the basketball star the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner’s status as an openly gay Black woman, her prominence in women’s basketball and her imprisonment in […]
Putin can only be defeated through force, not negotiation: former Ukrainian president – National | Globalnews.ca
Russia‘s war in Ukraine can only be ended by force, not through negotiation, according to former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. His comment comes as Ukraine says that more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the brutal conflict began, when Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally invaded the country earlier this year. “Putin understands only […]
One pipeline no longer leaking gas after Russia accused of sabotage: Danish Energy Agency – National | Globalnews.ca
The Danish Energy Agency says one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped leaking natural gas. The agency said on Twitter on Saturday that it had been informed by the company operating the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that pressure appears to have stabilized in the pipeline, which runs […]
Russia withdraws its troops from key city as Ukrainian forces close in – National | Globalnews.ca
Russia said Saturday it has withdrawn its troops from the once-occupied city of Lyman, as Ukraine’s eastern counteroffensive recaptures more territory. Russia’s Tass and RIA news agencies, citing the Russian defense ministry, made the announcement. Lyman is 160 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Ukrainian forces had pushed across the Oskil River […]
Russian police arrest hundreds in protests over Putin’s military mobilization – National | Globalnews.ca
Russian police moved quickly Saturday to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin’s military mobilization order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in several cities across the vast country. Police detained more than 700 people, including over 300 in Moscow and nearly 150 in St. Petersburg, according to OVD-Info, an independent website that monitors political arrests […]