It's been nearly 50 years since millions of Canadians sat holding their breath, glued to the grainy black-and-white television images being beamed into living rooms, offices and schools from a rink in Moscow.
August has a symbolic, perhaps even sacred meaning for Ukraine – Ukraine is celebrating its 31st Independence Day and passing the six-month mark of Putin's bloody war Ukrinform.
Attacks on Europe s largest nuclear facility in Ukraine has heightened awareness among global officials, even as Vladimir Putin has dismissed nuclear warfare.
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