Complex sentence: This is a delicate matter as ties with Russia vs. the West are a normally a sensitive election issue in Ukraine, and it would violate protocol for the Canadian government to interfere in Ukrainian elections, and could politically damage pro-Western forces in the country.
Split into simpler sentences: This is a delicate matter as ties with Russia vs. the West are a normally a sensitive election issue in Ukraine. It would violate protocol for the Canadian government to interfere in Ukrainian elections, and could politically damage pro-Western forces in the country.