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Andrii Bukvych, Ukrainian chargé d'affaires to Canada and some of the G7 ambassadors, pose for a photo outside the Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa on Feb. 24 after holding a meeting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

March 2, 2022

I love Ukraine. It is a beautiful country and the people there were wonderful to me. Although I couldn't speak Ukrainian or Russian, I always felt understood by them. Yes, I admit it was a bit strange and unusual to be surrounded by words and messages written in the Cyrillic alphabet (which was alwa...

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