Following is the text of the briefing note submitted by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defense on October 23. The briefing note accompanied testimony by UCC President Paul Grod on Canada’s role in supporting Ukraine and countering Russian aggression.
The Russian Federation invaded and occupied Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea) in March 2014 and has waged war against Ukraine in the eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk for over three years.