Ukraine on the brink: A Canadian journalist’s blunt warning

Third, and more measured, he urges Canada to help rebuild Ukraine’s shattered independent media. Martial law forced channels into a single 24/7 “United News” telethon — patriotic, repetitive and increasingly unwatched. Advertising is banned, funding is strained, and many journalists have been killed, drafted or fled. “I feel we’re not far from Ukrainian media joining the Afghans, Persians and others who have fled their countries,” he warns.