Calgarians demand more support for Ukraine

Members of Calgary's Ukrainian community took to the streets Sunday afternoon to remind themselves of the cultural collapse of Ukraine since the city was invaded by Russia two years ago.

About 30 members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress marched along Memorial Road on Edmonton Trail in Northeast Edmonton in front of the Holodomor Monument.

According to them, Russia has destroyed about 900 cultural monuments, 2000 objects of cultural importance and 4000 schools since the beginning of the war.

According to them, Russia is trying to destroy Ukrainian culture as well as Ukraine.

“We want to ask the Canadian government to at least help protect Ukrainian culture, because it seems that Russia is continuously and continuously trying not only to destroy the sovereignty of the Ukrainian state, but also to destroy Ukrainian culture as such,” said Anna Tselukhina. Canadian Congress of Ukraine. “That's why we're here to focus on that and focus on that.”

The group is calling on Canada to support Ukraine, both by providing financial support to the country's military and by strengthening its position at the United Nations.