Canada announces new sanctions on Russia as Ukraine invasion drags on for 4 years – National
Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced new sanctions against Russia and financial support for Ukraine on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“If we value democratic government, if we value the concept of territorial integrity, if we value the sovereignty of the state, then we see the war in Ukraine as part of a wider war to protect those principles,” said Anand.
In front of the ambassador of Ukraine Andrii Plakhotniuk and students at the University of Ottawa, Anand announced the renewal of Operation Unifier, a military training campaign that began in 2014, promising $ 2 billion for this program.
This includes a total of $25 billion in support from Canada to Ukraine over the past four years.
“Additionally, Canada will impose sanctions on 21 individuals and 53 entities, as well as 100 vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet, under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations,” according to a press release from the Department of National Defence.
“Canada also cut the price of Russian crude oil from US$47.60 to US$44.10 per barrel.”
Continuing to stand by Ukraine is important, according to Anand, to ensure international law.
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“Putin cannot redraw maps at will. Geography is not a matter for dictators to decide,” Anand said.
Canada isn’t the only country marking the anniversary to show support for Ukraine.
More than a dozen top European officials traveled to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pay tribute to fallen Ukrainian soldiers, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Earlier today, Zelenskyy addressed the Ukrainian people in a video uploaded to YouTube, praising the strength and resilience of the Ukrainian military.
“Our people did not raise the white flag – they defended the blue and yellow one. And the residents, who thought they would be met here by crowds waving flowers, saw lines at recruitment centers instead,” said Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy thanked the countries that support Ukraine, including Canada and the United States. Zelenskyy also said that he hopes to meet with US President Donald Trump in Ukraine to show him the facts about the war.
In the fourth year of a war that Russia said would last only three days, Zelenskyy was hopeless.
“Putin has not achieved his goals,” Zelenskyy said.
“He did not break the Ukrainian people. He did not win this war. We saved Ukraine, and we will do everything to ensure peace and justice.”
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