Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits Irpin in Ukraine, says mayor

KYIV (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced go to on Sunday to the Ukrainian city of Irpin, which was retaken from Russian troops in late March after fierce preventing, the city’s mayor stated on Telegram.

“I’ve simply had an honor to satisfy with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, who got here to Irpin to see along with his personal eyes all of the horror which Russian occupiers have brought on to our city,” Oleksandr Markushyn stated on his Telegram channel.

He posted an image displaying Trudeau standing on a road with destroyed and burned house buildings within the background.

The Russian army occupied Irpin following Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion however Ukrainian forces seized again management. The city has been one of many hotspots of preventing close to the capital Kyiv.

Canada, like different Western nations, has imposed broad financial sanctions on Russia and despatched army and humanitarian help to Ukraine.

Trudeau’s Liberal authorities has additionally created a particular scheme for Ukrainians and their households to use for a brief resident visa.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Nerijus Adomaitis; Enhancing by Edmund Blair and Catherine Evans)