Ukraine

Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

UPDATE: Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2

Russian Defense Ministry denied being behind ‘any strikes on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish border”

Windows of an apartment building are illuminated during a blackout in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
Ukrainians gather in downtown to celebrate the recapturing their city, Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. People across Ukraine awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River from Kherson. The Ukrainian military said it was overseeing “stabilization measures” around the city to make sure it was safe. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)

Ukrainian city celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding

Kherson is without electricity or running water, has short supply of food and medical supplies

Ukrainians gather in downtown to celebrate the recapturing their city, Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. People across Ukraine awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River from Kherson. The Ukrainian military said it was overseeing “stabilization measures” around the city to make sure it was safe. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)
Iranian protest organizer and UBCO teacher Ray Taheri and Kelowna Stands with Ukraine president Denys Storozhuk stand together ahead of the ‘Human Rights Drive’ on Saturday, Nov. 12 (Photo - Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News)

Iranians and Ukrainians come together for ‘Human Rights Drive’ in Kelowna

The group of residents drove from UBCO to Westbank and back

Iranian protest organizer and UBCO teacher Ray Taheri and Kelowna Stands with Ukraine president Denys Storozhuk stand together ahead of the ‘Human Rights Drive’ on Saturday, Nov. 12 (Photo - Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News)
FILE - Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is seen from around twenty kilometers away in an area in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

UN agency: No evidence seen for Moscow’s ‘dirty bomb’ claim

Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines

FILE - Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is seen from around twenty kilometers away in an area in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
Ukrainian soldiers on captured Russian tanks T-72 hold military training close to the Ukraine-Belarus border near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Aleksandr Shulman)

Russia rejoins key deal on wartime Ukrainian grain exports

Putin warns Moscow reserves right to withdraw if humanitarian corridors used for military purposes

Ukrainian soldiers on captured Russian tanks T-72 hold military training close to the Ukraine-Belarus border near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Aleksandr Shulman)
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya confers with counterparts after arriving to address the Security Council during a session to discuss the situation with grain shipments from Ukraine at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Ships sail from Ukraine despite Russia suspending grain deal

Russia cited allegations of a Ukrainian drone attack against its Black Sea fleet

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya confers with counterparts after arriving to address the Security Council during a session to discuss the situation with grain shipments from Ukraine at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Local resident Nina, 72, stands near her house, ruined by the Russian shelling a month ago in central Slavyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. She keeps living in this house and collects wooden debris to make an outdoor fire for cooking. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Global food concerns rise as Russia halts Ukraine grain deal

Russia halted its participation after claiming Ukraine attacked it in a drone strike

Local resident Nina, 72, stands near her house, ruined by the Russian shelling a month ago in central Slavyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. She keeps living in this house and collects wooden debris to make an outdoor fire for cooking. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Master Cpl. Justin George, a member of the Penticton Indian Band has been deployed to Poland for up to nine months to help train Ukraine soldiers. (Submitted)

Penticton Indian Band Master Cpl. deployed to train Ukraine soldiers

Justin George deployed for 9 months to train engineer reconnaissance, explosives and de-mining

Master Cpl. Justin George, a member of the Penticton Indian Band has been deployed to Poland for up to nine months to help train Ukraine soldiers. (Submitted)
Kelowna Stands with Ukraine held a Run for Ukraine event at Stuart Park on Oct. 23 to raise money for the purchase of winter military boots for Ukrainian soldiers (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

VIDEO: #RunforUkraine hits Kelowna

Funds raised will help purchase winter military boots for Ukrainian soldiers

Kelowna Stands with Ukraine held a Run for Ukraine event at Stuart Park on Oct. 23 to raise money for the purchase of winter military boots for Ukrainian soldiers (Brittany Webster - Capital News)
A July 5, 2021 photo of Oleksii Kisilishin holding his dog Cherry. In the last, brief conversations Viktoria Skliar had with Oleksii Kisilishin, her detained boyfriend, the Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative plans for life after his release in an upcoming exchange with Russia. The next time Skliar saw Kisilishin, he was dead — one of several bodies in a photo of people local authorities said were killed when blasts ripped through a prison in a part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. (Viktoria Skliar via AP)

A Ukrainian woman’s quest to retrieve body of prisoner of war

Her boyfriend died when the prison he was being held captive in was blown up

A July 5, 2021 photo of Oleksii Kisilishin holding his dog Cherry. In the last, brief conversations Viktoria Skliar had with Oleksii Kisilishin, her detained boyfriend, the Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative plans for life after his release in an upcoming exchange with Russia. The next time Skliar saw Kisilishin, he was dead — one of several bodies in a photo of people local authorities said were killed when blasts ripped through a prison in a part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. (Viktoria Skliar via AP)
Media enter the head frame during a Cameco media tour of the uranium mine in Cigar Lake, Sask. Wednesday, September 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Media enter the head frame during a Cameco media tour of the uranium mine in Cigar Lake, Sask. Wednesday, September 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Investigators inspect a site after shelling near an administrative building, in Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. According to the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination, six 155mm munitions were fired at Donetsk in the early hours of Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in occupied Donetsk

Pro-Kremlin officials blame the attack on Ukraine

Investigators inspect a site after shelling near an administrative building, in Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk People’s Republic, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. According to the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination, six 155mm munitions were fired at Donetsk in the early hours of Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, on Tuesday October 11, 2022. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is apologizing for what she calls “ill-informed comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith apologizes for past comments about invasion of Ukraine

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is apologizing for what she calls…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, on Tuesday October 11, 2022. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is apologizing for what she calls “ill-informed comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Alberta’s Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to apologize for her remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

NDP calling on Alberta premier to apologize for ‘tone deaf’ comments on Ukraine war

On a livestream chat on April 29, Danielle Smith said: ‘The only answer for Ukraine is neutrality’

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith holds her first press conference in Edmonton, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. Alberta’s Opposition NDP says Premier Danielle Smith needs to apologize for her remarks on the Russia-Ukraine war. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a drone fired at buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainians’ resilience persists despite new Russian barrage

‘We will restore and rebuild everything, but our hatred will live for centuries’

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a drone fired at buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A rally to support Ukraine was held in Kelowna’s Kerry Park on Saturday, Oct. 15 (Photo - Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

Support for Ukraine rally held in Kelowna’s Kerry Park

“Ukraine still needs all the support they can get”

A rally to support Ukraine was held in Kelowna’s Kerry Park on Saturday, Oct. 15 (Photo - Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Family members reunited in Newfoundland in October as about 177 new Ukrainian refugees landed in the Canadian province. (The Canadian Press/screenshot)

VIDEO: Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks arrive in Newfoundland

About 177 refugees were welcomed by the province

Family members reunited in Newfoundland in October as about 177 new Ukrainian refugees landed in the Canadian province. (The Canadian Press/screenshot)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Trudeau condemns deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian cities

Putin said the strikes were in retaliation for what he called Kyiv’s ‘terrorist’ actions

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom President Petro Kotin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The head of the company operating Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, says Ukraine is considering restarting the facility to ensure its safety — just weeks after fears of a radiation disaster prompted its shutdown. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine aims to restart occupied nuclear reactors

Zaporizhzhia power plant has emerged as one of the most worrying flashpoints in Russia’s occupation

Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom President Petro Kotin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The head of the company operating Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, says Ukraine is considering restarting the facility to ensure its safety — just weeks after fears of a radiation disaster prompted its shutdown. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian servicemen sit on T-80 tank that they claimed had been captured from the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Inna Varenytsia)

Ukraine claws back more territory in southern Kherson region

Advances made in Kherson is one of the four regions annexed by Moscow last week via referendum

Ukrainian servicemen sit on T-80 tank that they claimed had been captured from the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Inna Varenytsia)
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