Sunday, February 27, 2022

Whether above ground or sheltering in a car park, normalcy evades Kyiv citizens as Russia invades Ukraine

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Kyiv feels like a ghost town these days, but Lydia Sokolova, 74, was one of the few citizens on the streets of Ukraine's capital ahead of a weekend curfew, determined to feed her son's cat. Others, however, have sheltered underground. Day-to-day life in Kyiv has been turned on its head since the Russian invasion began Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/margaret-evans-kyiv-residents-ukraine-russia-invasion-1.6366507?cmp=rss

Ukraine cannot negotiate with a gun to its head, Canada's foreign affairs minister says

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Ukraine cannot negotiate a peace agreement with Russia while under intense military threat, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said in an interview Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/joly-putin-madness-ukraine-1.6366326?cmp=rss

Protests in support of Ukraine around the world

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Demontrators are taking to the streets in cities around the world to denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demand peace.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/protests-in-support-of-ukraine-around-the-world-1.6365759?cmp=rss

Ukrainians return home from abroad to fight Russian invasion

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Hundreds of thousands of refugees are leaving Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, but some Ukrainian men and women are returning home from across Europe to help defend their homeland.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrainians-return-from-abroad-to-fight-russian-invasion-feb-27-1.6366296?cmp=rss

There's a flood of disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Here's who's sorting it out

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Open-source intelligence investigators around the world are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of images and videos pouring out of Ukraine as they try to verify them to preserve evidence and establish what's really happening on the ground.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fact-checkers-ukraine-1.6365682?cmp=rss