Key points from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Canada
Key statements by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:
▫️ Ukraine is grateful to Canada for its unwavering support and active engagement in global affairs.
▫️ Ukraine eliminates around 30,000 russian troops every month.
▫️ Ukraine and Canada have reached an agreement on the Drone Deal and on the first document that will give Ukraine greater opportunities to finance its defense, while providing Canada with new technological capabilities tested by modern warfare.
▫️ Ukraine is grateful to Canada for the energy agreements that will strengthen our country both ahead of this winter and in the longer term.
▫️ Canada is ready to join the FREYJA anti-ballistic program with its technologies.
▫️ We discussed russia’s escalation involving Shahed drones. russia is destroying shopping malls, trains and ports — this is a terrorist war. It is important that our friends are helping us defend ourselves.
▫️ Canada is preparing new packages of sanctions against russia, focused on restricting its ability to produce ballistic missiles and increasing pressure on russian enterprises and foreign entities that assist russia.
▫️ Today, agreements worth more than $2 billion were reached for Ukraine’s defense. These will primarily cover air defense, F-16 ammunition and joint drone production between our countries.
▫️ russia usually intensifies its attacks when it learns about Ukraine’s negotiations with international partners, seeking to disrupt the dialogue. However, Kyiv continues to move toward peace.
▫️ Over the past several months, Ukraine has held negotiations with Egypt, India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the United States, where all sides recognized the blocking of agricultural exports as a global challenge to the world’s food security.
▫️ The first results of the negotiations may emerge by the end of September. The Ukrainian side plans to meet with the U.S. team in New York, while advisers remain in daily contact to prepare for a potential trilateral meeting.
▫️ The issue of jet-powered drones will be resolved, but Ukraine needs time.
