Zelenskyy Thanks Canada

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday confirmed that Canada will give his country a new assistance package after he spoke with European leaders amid peace talks. Bernie Bennett has this report.

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Zelenskyy stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for joining him in “speaking with our friends from Europe” about bringing the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end.

Carney told reporters that “a just and lasting peace” needs a “willing Russia.” He condemned Russia’s strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, which killed at least one person and left over 20 people hurt.

Carney announced a further “2.5 billion dollars worth of economic assistance that helps unlock financing from the IMF, World Bank and the Euriopean Bank fro reconstruction and development.”

Bernie Bennett in Washington.