Canada has shuttered its embassy in Kyiv and relocated its diplomatic staff to a temporary office
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tried to project calm
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss crisis by phone on Saturday
Relations between Russia and the West have been at their most tense in years
‘But we won’t let our interests be rudely trampled on and ignored’
Trudeau authorized the Canadian Armed Forces to deploy 60 additional personnel to join 200 there
Ukrainian Canadians amplifying the requests by Ukrainian leadership in Kyiv for several key asks
Statement made under the NATO banner aimed at showing the alliance’s resolve
Outside of Ukraine and Russia, Canada has the world’s largest Ukrainian population at about 1.3 million
Joly to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
The change in risk level comes amid fears of a Russian invasion
Moscow wants guarantees to halt NATO’s eastward expansion, Washington calls that a non-starter
Powers say any Russian intervention in the Ukraine will draw severe consequences
U.S. and allies are concerned Russian could be gearing up for an invasion
Far-right radicals in Ukrainian army boasted on social media they got training from Canadian Armed Forces
