Yellow and blue flags flew in cities across Canada on Thursday as Ukrainian Canadians organized demonstrations to denounce Russia's attack on Ukraine and urged Ottawa to act swiftly to defend their homeland.
In Montreal, several dozen protesters gathered in front of McGill University, waving signs with messages ranging from “I want to see my grandmother alive,” to the more militaristic “Arm Ukraine.”
“If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, it will not stop in Ukraine,” she said. “It will go further, aggressing other countries.” Natalie Jatskevich, the head of the B.C. branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, said she's disappointed in the international response to the conflict. He said the tensions with Russian had been intensifying and cooling off over the last decade and people on the ground were becoming desensitized to the conflict. “I'm sure there was a lot of head-shaking this morning,” Broda said. “They went to bed thinking it was just another day living next door to Russia, but now they have realized it has gone off.”
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