As tensions mount between Ukraine and Russia, many in Canada’s Ukrainian community are watching and worrying about what the crisis means for their country of origin and loved ones living there.
Russia has massed an estimated 100,000 troops along its borders with Ukraine, raising fears the Kremlin is preparing to launch a full-scale invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied this and in turn accused the West of taking an “aggressive” course “on the threshold of our home.”
Russia’s demands — that Ukraine never be allowed to join NATO and that other actions, such as stationing alliance troops in former Soviet
