Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Canada to help spearhead a long-term peace plan with Russia, as the nearly 10-month war in Ukraine enters a critical phase with the approach of winter.
The Ukrainian leader threw down the gauntlet in a pre-recorded video address to the Halifax International Security Forum, where senior government and military officials from Canada and around the world are gathering this weekend.
The Ukrainian president went on to encourage countries to “choose which item you can help with,” adding: “I believe that Canada, which strongly supports us, will also choose one of the peace formula items for itself and will show all strands of leadership.” Russia is facing mounting setbacks after nearly nine months of fighting, and recently pulled troops out of the key city of Kherson in southern Ukraine. But Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy and power facilities have fueled fears of what winter will bring.
“You always need to prepare for the worst. We understand that the enemy wants to destroy our power system in general, to cause long outages,” Ukrenergo's chief executive Volodymyr Kudrytskyi told Ukrainian state television.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Share Polish explosion intel with allies, former Ukrainian president Poroshenko urges ZelenskyHe also says Ukraine should stipulate that Moscow must accept the country can join NATO before peace talks can begin
Read more »
Polish village sealed off for probe into missile blastPolish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday the rockets were likely fired by Ukrainian air defence forces
Read more »
'This is new Canada': head coach Herdman coolheaded as dramatic Panenka penalty sees Canada stun JapanCanada wrapped up their World Cup preparations with a dramatic 2-1 victory over 24th-ranked Japan on Thursday, leaving head coach John Herdman reassured they can handle the challenge ahead.
Read more »
Fourth charter flight planned for Ukrainian refugees
Read more »
Fears of war spillover ease after NATO says missile on Poland was Ukrainian strayWARSAW/PRZEWODOW — A missile that crashed inside Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defenses and not a Russian strike, Poland and military…
Read more »