Canada’s military and financial support has ‘helped us a lot’: Volodymyr Zelenskyy | WAR IN UKRAINE

And we go live now to Ukraine where prime minister Trudeau has arrived he arrived this morning for the second anniversary of the Russian inct the Russian invasion and he is speaking now with the president of Ukraine along with several other dignitaries from well as a matter of

Fact the guarantees I can say that all those Agreements are different but uh all of them um make Ukraine stronger and the details are publicly and readily available you can study all the details get all the relevant answers as regards Canada um prime minister trudo said

That they have helped us with um armed weapons and this is really the case we have uh also cooperated in terms of drones from the very beginning of the war I wouldn’t like to go into details here but Canada does have certain things and Equipment which other countries do not have and we

Use them and we strengthened the uh drones Fleet and um Canada really has helped us a lot in that respect the third point that I would like to um underline is theya recovery I would very much want Canada to help us recover one of the dams as you know Russia has ruined

Um some very import strategically important facilities of Ukraine and I very much count on Justin’s assistance in that respect thank you very much uh vadir uh the security agreements we sign today will uh engage like for all our partners uh Canada stand with Ukraine uh for 10

Years uh and Beyond if necessary uh this is a guarantee that demonstrates that whatever happens in the short term and we certainly all hope that Ukraine wins in the short term Canada will be there alongside our allies for the long term in standing up for Ukraine as we have for for many many

Years since 2015 we’ve been on the ground in Ukraine training up members of the Ukraine security forces and military forces uh we now passed 40,000 Ukrainian military that we have trained uh and uh that and contributions from other countries doing training as well made a significant difference in Ukraine’s

Ability to hold off the massive Russian attack in those first days two years ago we’ve continued to step up on training and will continue to we’ve been sending uh military equipment from the very beginning as well and we will continue to Vladimir talked about drones and armored vehicles and we will be doing

More uh we’re also working with allies on issues like delivering nasams uh which we know is so necessary uh and we will continue to step up in tangible concrete ways but not just on Military assistance either we know that signing the recently modernized Canada Ukraine free trade deal was an important part of

Securing the economic future and present prosperity of Ukrainian businesses and families Canada will continue to be there with as much as it takes for as long as it takes and the security uh assurances we sign today are yet another demonstration of that vmia vtm Belgium the final question please Mr

President actually it’s a question from the mayor of kupiansk that we spoke to yesterday on the front line of his embattled City question of urgency he said I wish the West would stop promising us things I wish the West would stop cheering for us I wish the

West would start giving us weapons right now before it’s too late would you agree with that Mr President do I accept this well of course we all understand that the military support that uh we receive sometimes comes later than they need it kin does need and Har region in

General does need assistance badly but I’d like to say and to remind including the mayor that the actual defense line in Haru region is quite good thanks to the efforts of our people and also thanks to the uh defense support from our partners this is something not to be dismissed every day

Claims lives and that is why people um are on edge sometimes and uh my I understand the sentiments that the mayor might have but we also have to be very grateful to our partners that we are not abandoned in the face of the aggression thank you this is the final that was the

Final question thank you very much for the press conference

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with other leaders, speak in Ukraine on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

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