Ukrainian President Foludmir Zelinski said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join world leaders in Kiev on Monday, when Ukraine represents the third anniversary of the full invasion of Russia.
Zelenskyy confirmed during a press conference in Kyiv on Sunday evening that he will meet with Trudeau personally – one of 13 foreign leaders attending a summit of peace and security for Ukraine.
“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be here with a visit tomorrow,” Zellinski said in Ukrainian.
“He heads the Group of Seven at the present time, so he will tell me what is happening in the relationship with the United States.”
The press conference was translated into the English language by Ukrainian broadcaster Uatv.
The Prime Minister’s Office did not publicly confirm the Trudeau’s trip and did not answer questions about Zelinski’s comments on Sunday.
This will be Trudeau’s fourth visit to Ukraine since the war started, and the last will be the last of the Prime Minister in Canada. He said he would step down after choosing a new liberal leader on March 9.
Zelinski said that European Commission President Ursula von der Lynn and delegates from the northern European and Balti countries also attend a summit on Monday personally, and almost twenty leaders join.
“This is an important opportunity to discuss the strategy of Ukraine and the framework of security guarantees,” Zellinski said.
Ukraine allies are seeking to pay support for the war that is torn apart as US President Donald Trump is pushing an agreement to end the war. Trump administration officials have had talks with Russia without Ukraine at the table, noting that a deal in the end can see Moscow maintains at least some of the lands that it occupied because it originally invaded Ukraine in 2014.
It seems that the United States also accepts Russia’s position that Ukraine should never join NATO, and Ukraine pushes access to its critical minerals as compensation for US military aid.
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Zelinski said on Sunday that an agreement with the United States on minerals was making progress, and that he would be ready to give up the presidency if doing this would make a permanent peace for his country under NATO security.
“If you are going to achieve peace, you really need me to give up my position, I am ready,” he said.
In response to the journalist’s question about whether he will trade in his office for peace, Zelinski said, “I can trade it for NATO.”
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the elections in Ukraine, which was suspended under the fighting law imposed by Zellinski when Russia invaded in 2022. Trump Zelinsky described as a “dictator”; Zelinski accused Trump of living in the “misleading space”, which angered American officials.
Olé Nicolinko, the Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto, told Global News that the speech coming from the United States is “counter -results” and will serve as a “invitation (for Russia) only to commit more aggression.”
Ukrainian officials said that Russia fired 267 aircraft of a strike in Ukraine overnight on Saturday, more than any other war of the war. Moscow continued to launch ballistic missiles at Ukraine, including at least three, as its officials are holding talks with Washington.
Nicholinko said that Ukrainian negotiators are pushing for security guarantees from the United States as part of any economic or mineral deal.
Trump calls on European advisers to take over the initiative to increase security for Ukraine, which European leaders said they are ready to do and the Ukrainians say they welcome.
Nicholinko said Canada should be part of these security talks.
“We believe that at this time, it is really time for Canda to play a leading role,” he said. “Canada can fill many gaps at the present time: military support, humanity, removal, training of our forces.
“We really hope that Canada can intensify its support at the present time, as we are at a critical time, I would like to say.”
Trudeau called for Ukraine to quickly bring the negotiating table, which was expressed in a call with Zelenskyy last week.
On Wednesday, Trudeau actually participated in a meeting with European leaders held by French President Emmanuel Macron to reach a response to Trump’s programs for Russia.
Trudeau spoke on Saturday with Trump on the phone, and both countries said that Ukraine was one of the topics of discussion.
Ottawa is a major donor to Ukraine, with Kiel Global Economy Institute Canada ranked fifth in the total allocations in its tracking in Ukraine, which extends to military, financial and human contributions.
Canada ranks third for the amount of financial allocations for Ukraine, especially in pledging loans aimed at preserving the country’s solvents and providing financing quickly after allocating them.
But Canada occupies the twentieth position of the military allocations earned by the residents, and analysts criticized Ottawa for delay in providing the equipment required by Ukraine.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said last week that Canada wanted to be “participating in the protection of Ukraine” when the war ends, although Ottawa did not say what it might require. Its office will not answer whether this means Canadian forces on the ground in Ukraine.
British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer, who will travel to Washington this week with Macron, said his government is ready to deploy forces to Ukraine to help support the ceasefire in the event of anyone.
The two leaders spoke on Sunday before their American journey and said that the United Kingdom and Europe should “show the United leadership to support Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression.”
Nicholinko said that the Ukrainians in Canada feel exhausted and “anger” with the continuation of the war and the geopolitical landscape turns, but they do not say whether this anger is directed towards the United States.
“Their anger is the war – that war, that Russia launches drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities, which Ukrainian civilians are still dying,” he said. “They are angry because they want this war to end in a fair way.
“I want to confirm that there should be a fair peace, and this is what the Ukrainians want.”
– With the files from the Canadian press
