Breaking news this wednesday night the prime minister ends the use of the emergencies act the situation is no longer an emergency why it's being revoked and the reaction ukraine's urgent plea to the world no one will be able to sit out this crisis the intensifying warnings russia is inching towards an all-out invasion and the anxiety among ukrainian canadians questions about re-infections what's the risk of catching omicron multiple times and food fight why frito-lay has a chip on its shoulder with world news national with donna friesen good evening and thanks for joining us we begin with what the head of the united nations calls a moment apparel for the world,
The american secretary of state says he believes russia will invade ukraine before the night is over ukraine has declared a state of emergency the head of the military signed a conscription order calling up reservists between the ages of 18 and 60 and late tonight ukraine's president addressed the nation he says he tried to call vladimir putin today and all he got was silence then in russian he appealed directly to the russian people to stop putin before it's too late vladimir zelinsky said war will take guarantees away from everyone nobody will have security guarantees anymore he said who will suffer most of all people who doesn't want that to happen more than anyone,
People who can stop that people it was an impassioned bid to save his country the kremlin says the leaders of two breakaway areas in ukraine have requested protection from ukrainian forces and there are fears a war on the edge of europe is imminent jackson proskow begins our coverage tonight russia's relentless buildup has reached a critical stage the u.s believes 80 percent of troops are in forward position aircraft and ships are at the ready all signs of an imminent full-scale attack we believe that they are now at a state of readiness where they could attack at any time overnight smoke rose from the russian embassy in kiev as diplomats were ordered out of the country,
More weapons and ammunition from canada and european allies arrived and ukraine declared a state of emergency activating its military reserves and calling up volunteers i'm not that young anymore but i will join them if needed said this 66 year old librarian ukraine's president said his next steps would be decided by russia's next move soon after ukrainian government websites faced yet another cyber attack i have a bad feeling says this resident of l ansk i feel the burden in my soul in the regions held by russia-backed separatists there are preparations to seize control of more territory men are being conscripted to fight against ukraine,
This is president putin's war of choice if he chooses to escalate further russia and russia alone will bear full responsibility for what is to come at the u.n more condemnation of russia was mixed with warnings that war will bring a massive refugee crisis to europe if the conflict in ukraine expands the world could see a scale and severity of need and seen for many years yet there appear to be few options left to deter moscow sanctions haven't brought russia back from the brink what happens next is up to putin tonight the kremlin claims that rebel leaders in l ansk and donetsk have requested russian military assistance to repel what they claim is ukrainian military aggression donna,
One of those potential pretext foreign invasion the type of thing the pentagon says signals that potential russian action could be hours not days away all right jackson proskow in washington thanks the prospect of war in eastern europe could unleash a h anitarian crisis with a flood of refugees from ukraine as neighboring countries prepare for that hundreds of canadians have chosen to stay in ukraine despite repeated calls for them to leave mike armstrong reports on their family and friends who are anxiously watching events unfold how much time are you spending online a lot between following the news and keeping in touch with loved ones anna play barely puts down her phone,
She and her husband moved to canada nearly 20 years ago and left behind hundreds of friends and family members in ukraine it's heart-wrenching it's to see what's going on and feel kind of powerless that i cannot do anything i cannot just you know bring them in into safety blue hotel says her loved ones in ukraine seem to almost pretend nothing's going on they're scared and worried she says but are trying to go on with their lives you kind of have to kind of hang on to some kind of normality it is nerve-racking pluto's husband is worrying about his parents they live in eastern ukraine about 50 kilometers from the front line he's asked them to leave they're listening they're getting ready they're prepared to move,
If needs be but i think they're in a state of denial that such thing can potentially happen this this time around across canada the ukrainian community is nervous there are rallies and protests planned in several cities more than a million canadians have ukrainian heritage regardless of when your family came to canada there's a very strong relationship and link to ukraine it's it's really it's almost surreal what that's meant is people like this new brunswick travel agent worry about their loved ones every waking hour that after two years worrying about how they're doing in the pandemic it's not enough of colvid right now because of craziness of president there is war aggression and it's sad now not knowing what putin's end goal might be means there's no way to predict.
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