While there may not be any major practical outcomes, the summit is a chance for Ukraine to press its case that any settlement of the war should be based on just principles.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on June 3, 2024. LeBlanc is tight-lipped following the release of a report that says unnamed MPs have participated in foreign interference in Canadian politics.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
If Canada’s political leaders want the public to trust them, they need to trust citizens with foreign interference information contained in a recent security and intelligence report.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Kozlov
Washington’s policy shift will change the dynamics of the battle for Ukraine’s second city.
After the terrorist attacks at Crocus City near Moscow, the Russian government is rounding up central Asian migrants and sending them home.
Nikolay Vinokurov /Alamy
Putin’s trip to Beijing may not have gained him as many trade benefits as he had hoped.
A protester wearing a Georgian and European flag faces off with policemen blocking a street near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 14 2024.
David Mdzinarishvili / EPA
Georgia seems to be particularly prone to activism, distinguishing it from its neighbours in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after placing flowers at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2024. Blinken told Ukrainians that billions of dollars in American military aid is on the way after months of political delays.
(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
The Russia-Ukraine war over the past several months has been described as a stalemate and Russia’s latest offensive as a ploy. If so, it’s proving to be a successful one, and here’s why the West is to blame.