Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a surprise visit to kyiv and meets with Zelensky

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeauvisited the Ukrainian capital by surprise this Saturday, kyivat a time when fighting with the forces of Russia in the south of the country.

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Trudeau, who is scheduled to meet the Ukrainian president later, Volodymyr Zelenskyplaced a wreath in front of a wall that shows the faces of fallen soldiers in kyivaccompanied by a military band, reported AFP journalists.

Canada, a country with a large Ukrainian émigré community, is one of the main allies of kyiv and has delivered military aid and training to more than 36,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

It also adopted sanctions against Russia.

trudeau visited an open-air dump of destroyed military vehicles.

Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Polishchukgave the Canadian prime minister a box of shrapnel from a shell that fell in Odessathe great Ukrainian port city of the Black Sea.

“It’s a little reminder of the way that Ukraine suffered from the bombardments of Russian missiles”said Polishchuk in English.

A group of Ukrainian servicemen who received training in Canada they talked to trudeau.

“It is a great privilege to meet the Prime Minister”said the colonel Petro Ostapchuk.

The visit of trudeau It comes at a time when the Russian authorities report several large-scale Ukrainian attacks against the positions of the troops of Moscow in the south and east of the country. These combats could form part of the great counteroffensive that Ukraine been preparing for months.

The authorities of Ukraine and the army, bolstered by shipments of Western material, are keeping a low profile and have not commented on the claims of Russia.

Source: Elcomercio

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