Canada will send heavy weapons to Ukraine, Trudeau says
Canada can be sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Tuesday, because the nation battles a brand new Russian offensive within the japanese Donbas area.
Talking to reporters in Dalhousie, N.B., Trudeau mentioned he has been in shut contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canada is “very responsive” to what his nation wants amid a Russian invasion that has dragged on for a second month.
“Their most up-to-date request from Canada is to assist them with heavy artillery as a result of that’s what the section of the conflict is in proper now,” Trudeau mentioned.
“And Canada can be sending heavy artillery to Ukraine with extra particulars to return within the coming days,” he added.
Canada, together with different NATO allies, has promised and already despatched Ukraine navy assist within the type of deadly and non-lethal weapons to assist Kyiv battle Russia.
Russian forces are regrouping within the east after failing to seize a single main Ukrainian metropolis when it started a widespread invasion on Feb. 24.
“Ukrainians have fought like heroes over the previous variety of months, they usually’re not simply combating for Ukraine, they’re combating for the values that underpin so a lot of our free democratic societies, which is why the world must proceed to step up,” mentioned Trudeau.
Because the conflict rages on, the humanitarian disaster is worsening, with greater than 4.9 million Ukrainians having fled Ukraine for neighbouring nations, in response to the U.N. human rights company (UNHCR). Tens of 1000’s of civilians have been killed within the conflict, Ukrainian officers say.
Canada has stepped up humanitarian help to Ukraine, offering $245 million. Of that, $145 million has been allotted to United Nations organizations, the Purple Cross Motion, and to non-governmental organizations.
Final week, the federal authorities introduced it was sending 150 navy personnel to help Polish authorities with processing and resettling hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion.
In response to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, Ottawa has additionally hit Moscow with a slew of sanctions, with the newest spherical focusing on Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s two grownup daughters and 12 different shut associates.
“This Russian regime and its associates must proceed to be held accountable for his or her actions,” mentioned Trudeau on Tuesday.
“We’ll proceed to face with Ukraine and stand for the values that underpin all of our free societies.”
For the reason that begin of the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Canada has positioned greater than 750 sanctions on people and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, according to Global Affairs Canada. The sanctions goal to freeze and prohibit property.
— with recordsdata from The Canadian Press
