recognize
...that Canada was the first Western country to recognize Ukraine's independence in 1991?
...that <a href="./Foreign_relations_of_Canada" id="mwERI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Foreign relations of Canada">Canada</a> was the first Western country to <b id="mwERM"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Canada-Ukraine_relations" id="mwERQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canada-Ukraine relations">recognize</a></b> <a href="./Foreign_relations_of_Ukraine" id="mwERU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Foreign relations of Ukraine">Ukraine</a>'s <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Ukrainian_independence" id="mwERY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ukrainian independence">independence</a> in 1991?