Canadian PM announces new military aid for Ukraine in visit to Kyiv

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau announced new weapons and equipment for Ukraine on Sunday after an unannounced visit to Kyiv.

Trudeau, in a news conference after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Canada was imposing new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities in connection with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

According to Trudeau, “It is clear that Vladimir Putin is responsible for heinous war crimes.”

He also visited Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn outside the capital of Ukraine, where Russian forces were accused of atrocities against civilians.

Markushyn said that, the Canadian prime minister had been given a tour of the suburb that was badly damaged by Russian forces in the early stages of their invasion launched in late February.

“He saw not military facilities but burned and completely destroyed homes of Irpin residents, who until recently enjoyed life and had their own plans for the future,” the mayor said.

Several Western political leaders including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have recently visited Irpin and other residential areas around the capital Kyiv where Russian forces were accused of killing hundreds of civilians.

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Reuters