Zelenksy will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, following his visit to the United States where he garnered words of support and weapons from the country's president, Joe Biden.
OTTAWA, Canada - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Friday, seeking to rally support for his country as it fights the Russian invasion.
"The Ukrainian people are the tip of the spear that is determining the future of the 21st century. Canada remains unwavering in our support to the people of Ukraine," Trudeau said in a statement ahead of Zelensky's arrival. Canada's $8.9 billion in aid to Ukraine has included more than $1.8 billion in military aid, including Leopard 2 tanks, air defence and artillery systems, anti-tank weapons, drones and other equipment.On Thursday, Zelensky confronted potentially fracturing political support in the United States for his country's demands for more arms to push back the Russian invasion.
But behind the visuals - firm handshakes across a grand cabinet table and shows of solidarity in the Oval Office - lay the fact that Zelensky's second wartime trip to Washington was far tougher than the first. The US president said the first US M1 Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine "next week," boosting Kyiv's forces as they battle Russian troops in a slow-moving counteroffensive.
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