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8. Return from Donbas: Cracks begin to show in Canada's support for war in Ukraine

I recently returned from a reporting tour to the war zone of eastern Ukraine. I traveled to Donetsk city and region with a media tour group organized by concerned citizens in Russia and Germany.

My first published report of our visit appeared on April 21. One of my travel colleagues and the other Canadian on the tour, Halyna Mokrushyna, has just published her first report. Like me, she will be writing much more on the visit.

We issued a press release on April 21 announcing our visit and findings. The release went to mainstream and alternative media across Canada, inviting them to interview us. We wrote invitations directly to some CBC programs and have encouraged invitations for us to speak at academic institutions and public forums.

Our trip coincided with Canada's decision announced on April 14 to send 200 soldiers to western Ukraine. They will join soldiers from the U.S. and U.K. in backing the ruthless war that the government in Kyiv has waged during the past year in the east of the country. Canada's decision should send alarm bells ringing for Canadians, if the larger picture of the war has not already done so.

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