MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Dr. Walter Dorn, 24 November 2022

September–October–November 2022

Dr. Dorn did television interviews about the war in Ukraine for CBC The National (min 6:45) regarding Russia’s Kherson withdrawal, and for CBC News Network (CBC) and CTV News Channel (CTV) regarding: a missile falling in Polish territory (CTV); the liberation of Kherson (CTV, CBC); an attack in Belgorod, Russia (CTV); Russian missile barrage (Global TV, CBC); the attack on Kerch Straight Bridge to Crimea (CityNews Toronto); on Russia’s battlefield woes (CTV); and Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts and Ukraine’s desire to join NATO (CBC); Ukraine’s counter-offensive (CBC); and rapid advances in Kharkiv oblast (CBC). Dr. Dorn also did interviews for print/web media: CBC on NATO AWACS flights in Poland near the Ukrainian border; Franceinfo on the missile landing in Poland; Expresso (“Portugal's leading newspaper”) on the announced Russian withdrawal from Kherson; and Spanish newspaper El Periodico de España (www.epe.es), on a peace process in Ukraine. The Montreal Gazette quoted from Dr. Dorn’s website on the number of Canadian forces personnel in UN peacekeeping, as did The Province (BC). Dr. Dorn did radio interviews: CityNews (RobSnow show); 770 CHQR Radio in Calgary on NATO’s articles 4 and 5. Dr. Dorn was interviewed by the CBC Ombudsman’s office about the network’s coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

June-July-August 2022

Dr. Dorn did television interviews about the war in Ukraine on CBC News Network (CBC NN) regarding the attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea (CBC), on Defence Minister Anand’s announcement of a resumed Canadian training mission (CBC), on the grain deal and Odessa (CBC), on battle for Luhansk province, on NATO’s support (CBC), and the idea of a “long war” (CBC), on fighting in Sievierodonetsk/Donbass (CBC), on the 100-day mark of the war (CBC). He also did TV interviews with CTV News Channel on the war generally (CTV), on Canadian military equipment provided to Ukraine (CTV), on Russian attacks (CTV), on US military support for Ukraine (CTV), and Russian war crimes in Kharkiv (CTV). He also did an interview with Global TV on Canadian citizens fighting in Ukraine. For radio, he did interviews on Ukraine for Corus radio stations. With print and web media, Dr. Dorn did interviews with the CBC, the National Post and the Hill Times on Canadian peacekeeping pledges and contributions.