Instead of providing safe and legal routes to protection to people in grave danger, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced a minor loosening of visa rules.
Most Ukrainian refugees, like those pictured here on March 7, 2022, have crossed into Poland.
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More than 2 million Ukrainians have fled the country since the Russian invasion. The EU has welcomed the refugees, but research shows that host communities may tire of the newcomers.
A woman holds a placard with the words ‘language is a weapon’ written in Ukrainian during a 2020 protest of a bill that sought to widen the use of Russian in Ukrainian public education.
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To Russian nationalists, if the Ukrainian language is classified as a derivative of the Russian language, the invasion looks less like an act of aggression and more like reintegration.
Ukrainian passports say “Ukraine” with no “the.” On the Polish border, March 5, 2022.
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Oil revenues are crucial to Russia’s economy. The US only accounts for a small fraction of them, so banning Russian oil imports has mainly symbolic value.
The front-page of the New York Post following a missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 26, 2022.
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Public scorn in response to a news story about how to cope with stressful news ignores a fact: The news can take a mental and psychological toll on a person.
People cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, during heavy shelling and bombing on March 5, 2022.
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Tazreena Sajjad, American University School of International Service
The welcome mat for refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine stands in stark contrast to recent anti-immigrant policies targeting those from the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The flag of Ukraine has been tied around a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ outside a church in Pennsylvania amid the Russian invasion.
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The missiles, which can be fired by a single person, seem to be effective against Russia’s fleet of invading main battle tanks.
Some motorists are willing to pay more for the price of gas. Others are considering trading in gas-guzzling cars for more efficient vehicles. The price of gas at a Petro Canada gasoline station in Ajax, Ont., on March 7, 2022.
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Oil supply is very tight, and the current geopolitical crisis involving Russia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, has pushed prices over the edge.
From left, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden.
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The current conflict in Ukraine has three key leaders, each of whom uses a different approach to the crisis.
Refugees who are foreign nationals, especially those from the Middle East, Asia and Africa are being discriminated against at the borders.
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We must demand safety for all refugees, not just Ukrainian nationals.
Demonstrators march at a rally in support of Ukraine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. on Feb. 28.
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Canada and its universities have roles to play in providing safe spaces to scholars in regions where research is under threat due to conflict and repression.
This painting by Russian artist Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko depicts the ceremonial pledge of allegiance by Ukrainian Cossacks to the Tsar of Russia in 1654.
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This is a situation with many moving parts, any one of which can derail diplomacy.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, speaks during a special session of the General Assembly on March 02, 2022.
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The declining defence budget has eroded the operating and capital expenditure of the military, leaving insufficient funds for the replacement of equipment, maintenance, and infrastructure.
In this March 4, 2022, photograph, Ukrainian soldiers stand guard outside the train station in Irpin, Ukraine.
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Liam Collins, United States Military Academy West Point
Though the Russian army dwarfs the strength of the Ukrainian army, the underdog has managed to resist during the early days of the Russian invasion. Military reforms are part of the reason.