Ukraine’s top diplomat in Ottawa says Canada “can do more” to help his country, as Western nations debate providing weapons and other “lethal” military aid to government forces fighting Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
In an exclusive interview with the Citizen, Ukrainian chargé d’affaires Shevchenko Marko thanked Canada for it assistance after Russia annexed Crimea and began providing military support to separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine’s Donbass region last year.
Canada’s contributions include $400 million in loans to help Ukraine’s battered economy, tens of millions of dollars more in humanitarian and development aid, night-vision goggles, bulletproof vests, tactical radios and 30,000 winter …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
