Ukrainian-Canadians ‘terrified’ for country’s future as Russia’s war surpasses 100 days
, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine on Feb. 24 as part of a “special military operation” he sold as an attempt to rid the neighbouring country of extremists.Kyiv and its western allies called Putin’s order a baseless pretext to invade a country of 44 million people in an effort to topple its government, which was forging ties with the West.
Anastasiya Khoma poses for a photo in front of the Lviv National Opera theatre in Lviv, Ukraine in 2019.For Ukrainian-Canadians thousands of kilometres from the frontlines, watching the war unfold with their loved ones still in the country has been agonizing.“I barely remember those days because it was just chaos and a lot of stress, a lot of crying, a lot of sleepless nights,” the 28-year-old Edmonton resident told Global News.