(In first sentence corrects to show that Yellowknife is in the Northwest Territories, not the Yukon territory)
(Reuters) – A charter aircraft carrying Russian foreign nationals has been held at the Yellowknife airport in Canada’s Northwest Territories, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in a tweet on Thursday.
“We will continue to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine,” Alghabra added.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)