Author: Christopher Guly

OTTAWA – Canada will petition the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Russia “for crimes against humanity and war crimes,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters in Geneva on March 1 after joining a walkout in protest of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov’s virtual speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council....

OTTAWA – Canada will send Ukraine with anti-tank weapons systems and upgraded ammunition, and will ban Russian crude oil imports, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on February 28. The newly announced lethal aid includes 10 Carl Gustav antitank weapons systems and 2,000 rockets as ammunition for the shoulder-mounted weapons, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand...

OTTAWA – “The world has responded in an unprecedented, united and coordinated way to respond to Vladimir Putin’s grave mistake” in ordering the invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Ottawa on February 25, and the Russian president will now face the consequences. Canada has imposed its third set of sanctions against...

OTTAWA – Condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a military invasion of Ukraine as “the greatest threat to European stability since World War II,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced hours after the nationwide assault on February 24 another round of sanctions targeting members of the Russian president’s inner circle. “These sanctions will...

OTTAWA – As U.S. President Joe Biden warned on February 18 that he was “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has “made the decision” to invade Ukraine and take the capital, Kyiv, and tens of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine have left or have been evacuated amid a full military mobilization by separatist leaders in...

OTTAWA – Canada joined other Western countries on February 22 in imposing what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau characterized as the “first round” of economic sanctions against Russia a day after that country’s president, Vladimir Putin, formally recognized the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent republics and announced plans to send “peacekeeping”...

OTTAWA – Canada joined other Western countries on February 22 in imposing what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau characterized as the “first round” of economic sanctions against Russia a day after that country’s president, Vladimir Putin, formally recognized the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent republics and announced plans to send “peacekeeping”...

OTTAWA – As U.S. President Joe Biden warned on February 18 that he was “convinced” Russian President Vladimir Putin has “made the decision” to invade Ukraine and take the capital, Kyiv, and tens of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine have left or have been evacuated amid a full military mobilization by separatist leaders in...

OTTAWA – Following repeated requests from the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada, the Canadian government announced on February 14 that it would donate about $6 million worth of lethal weapons and “assorted support items” to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Canadian Department of National Defense said in a news release. The equipment...

OTTAWA – Canada temporarily suspended operations at its embassy in Kyiv and established a temporary office in Lviv, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced on February 12. Canada’s diplomatic presence in Ukraine will continue, along with services for Canadians in the country through the Lviv office, but by appointment only, she said in a...