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Russia’s trade with Canada dropped in the first 10 months after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with a 78 per cent per cent drop in exports from the same period one year prior.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday seizing the city would punch a hole in Ukrainian defences and let Moscow advance deeper.
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said on Wednesday his forces had taken full control of the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Western strategists say the ruined city has limited value, and Russia’s assault may be motivated by a need to give President Vladimir Putin a symbolic victory.
Yevgeny Prigozhin has used the war to become a public figure in Russia, and strong signs have emerged in the past month that the Kremlin wants to clip his wings.
The head of Russia’s Wagner Group said the city, which has been blasted to ruins, was now almost completely surrounded, with only one route out left open for Ukraine’s troops.
Dozens of Western ambassadors stood together to protest at Rybakov’s presence at the United Nations in Geneva, holding Ukrainian flags.
In Ukraine, at least nine civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded across the country on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president’s office reported Wednesday morning.
Ukraine repelled Russia’s attack aimed at taking Kyiv early in the war and later recaptured substantial territory, but Russia still occupies nearly a fifth of Ukraine.
The committee is also studying Canadian aid to Ukraine and keeping up with international best practices to support the embattled country.