Carney pledges $2B for Ukraine, more sanctions for Russia
· Toronto Sun
Four years after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Carney is pledging $2 billion in military aid and more sanctions for Russia.
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Carney says the newest sanctions will target 100 ships in a “shadow fleet” which the Russians are apparently using to dodge sanctions on oil sales.
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and other parts of the country, before launching a full-scale invasion in 2022. Carney said Canada is in it “for the long haul” with Ukraine and that Russia is failing to meet its military, strategic and economic objectives.
Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon says Ukrainians are inspiring the world with their courage and that Canada is “steadfast” in its support for them despite “senseless loss of life.”
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada will sanction individuals and entities related to Russia’s attempts to knock out Ukraine’s electricity grid during a particularly brutal winter there.
‘Beginning of the end’ says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia and Ukraine were at the “beginning of the end” of Europe’s biggest conflict since the Second World War, but urged Washington to see through Russian President Vladimir Putin’s negotiating “games,” the Financial Times reported.
On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian president warned that without Western security guarantees, Moscow would use a ceasefire to rebuild its forces.
Zelenskyy also urged the EU to stop prevaricating and to fix a date for Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, saying it should be as early as 2027.
“I want a date. I am asking for it,” he said. “Let us not allow the next leaders or the next generation to face a situation where Russia blocks Ukraine’s EU membership for 50 years.”
Speaking from his presidential office in Kyiv, Zelenskyy accused Putin of using overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump to weaken Kyiv’s negotiating position. Asked how peace talks were progressing, he said the “Russians are playing games” and were not serious about bringing the war to a close.
“I see it, because they are very poor actors. They are playing with Trump and playing with the entire world. That’s how it is,” said Zelenskyy. “Putin thinks he looks convincing and that he can be trusted. No — he is a bad actor.”
War is costing Russia, Ukraine president says
Earlier this month, Zelenskyy claimed Russian officials had dangled a package of economic co-operation deals with the U.S. worth as much as $12 trillion US, citing his intelligence services. He said the offer contained provisions “about Ukraine” that would potentially exploit natural resources in territories under Russian occupation.
He rejected Putin’s suggestions that Ukraine would use a temporary halt in fighting to regroup for an offensive. “It is demagoguery and lies,” he said. “Look at who benefits from such claims.” He added that Moscow was mobilizing 40,000 troops a month and losing 35,000. “A pause is needed by them no less than by us.”
Citing Ukrainian intelligence assessments, Zelenskyy said Russia’s grinding battlefield advances in 2025 cost “an average of 167 people per kilometre of occupied territory”.
“You can see immediately what they are occupying and what they are not. Where they claim to be holding positions, you can see they are not holding anything,” he said, noting the large contested areas of the frontline.
“On the contrary, we have advanced,” he added, referring to recent gains in contested areas on the south-eastern front that he said had been aided by a ban on the unauthorized use of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system by Russian forces.
– With files from Financial Times