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>>> Turning to the war in ukraine now. That country's military has clawed back territory around kharkiv, its second largest city, after russian forces rmped up their offensive earlier this month. [Speaking Alternative Language] >> Jeff: that's ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy saying ukraine is now back in control of areas in the kharkiv region following russia's latest advance. The russian military stepped up its assault two weeks ago, launching repeated strikes on border areas with the stated aim of creating a buffer zone to prevent ukraine from launching attacks on russian territory. Right now russia controls roughly 18% of ukraine. All of that territory in the eastern part of the country. And this week's fighting focussed around two towns near donetsk and kharkiv. Today a russian strike hit a crowded market and a residential area in kharkiv, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. >>> Volodymyr zelenskyy is calling on western allies to boost air defences to keep cities and civilians safe. Today finance ministers, including our own, wrapped up three days of talks in northern italy, discussing a plan to use frozen russian assets to fund ukraine's war effort. It could provide a key financial stream to kyiv. >> Reporter: financial ministers of the g7 spent three days in italy grappling with the problem of russia. Canada has been pushing a plan to use the interest income generated by the $300 billion in russian financial assets that were seized by the west after russia invaded ukraine in 2022 and either give that interest income directly to ukraine or use it as collateral against a loan for ukraine. Canada's firm position has always been that russia, the aggressor, must pay for the destruction it has caused. Deputy prime minister chrystia freeland told reporters it cannot be the sole duty of the democracies or of the brave people of ukraine to pay for putin's war of aggression. The plan could give ukraine as much as $50 billion, which it urgently needs. >> We've been all collectively demonstrating, screaming, protesting, pleading with our government and with governments around the world who are supportive of ukraine to do more but to do it quickly. Because I think the situation is dteriorating day by day. >> Reporter: U.S. treasury secretary janet yellen supports the idea, but other g7 leaders say there are hurdles that need to be cleared first. And on top of that, each of the eye european union's 27 countries would have to sign off on any plan. >> It's obscene that russia has these billions and more of assets sitting and learning interest. That is the observation solution here. >> Reporter: g7 leaders, including prime minister justin trudeau, will be back in italy early next month where they are expected to finalize any plans to provide financial help to ukraine. As for russia, its finance minister had a warning for the west. If russian financial assets are used to help ukraine, it is prepared to seize western financial assets in its jurisdiction. David aiken, global news, ottawa. >> Jeff: as russia's war wages on, pressure is mounting for canada to meet its nato commitment on defence. This week, nearly two dozen U.S. senators signed a rare bipartisan letter urging prime minister trudeau to live up to this country's pledge of spending at least 2% of gdp on defence. The U.S. ambassador to canada told our ottawa bureau chief mercedes stephenson that sentiment is spreading in washington. - >> Mercedes: I'm wondering if the white house shares the view of these U.S. senators that canada is not doing enough on defence. >> I think the U.S. government's position, including the white house, is that canada needs to spend more money on defence. At the end of 2024, the way projections are looking, canada will be the only country in nato not spending at least 2% of its gdp on defence and does not have a plan to get there. And that "and" is very important. So canada has moved within nato from being a bit of an outlier to being the outlier in the entire alliance. >> Jeff: and you can watch mercedes stephenson's entire interview with the ambassador tomorrow morning on "the west

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