Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau received President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital Ottawa on Friday, September 22. The Canadian leader announced a new package of aid to Ukraine amounting to 650 million Canadian dollars, or 452 million euros. These aid measures, over three years, will include the delivery to kyiv of some 50 armored vehicles and the training of Ukrainian pilots in F-16 combat planes, Mr. Trudeau announced to the Canadian Parliament. Sfollow our live stream.
Crimea hit by “unprecedented” cyberattack after Ukrainian strike. Ukraine “carried out a missile attack against the headquarters of the Russian fleet” in the Black Sea, in Sevastopol, in Crimea, the regional governor said on Friday, September 22. Crimea is hit by an “unprecedented” cyberattack, a Russian official subsequently announced. The Ukrainian army claimed Friday a “successful strike” on the headquarters of the Russian fleet.
Russia has restarted its “energy terror” as winter approaches, denounced Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal. “We see it through the destruction of infrastructure” energy and “first strikes” against electrical posts “the last two weeks”he explained.
Volodymyr Zelensky in Canada. The Ukrainian president is visiting Ottawa, where he must deliver a speech to Parliament. Upon his arrival on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured the Ukrainian people of “unwavering support” from his country. Canada has the second largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world after Russia, with some 1.4 million people of Ukrainian origin on its territory.
American tanks soon delivered to Ukraine. Joe Biden assured on Thursday that the first Abrams tanks would arrive in Ukraine “next week”. The American president also announced that he had approved a new tranche of military assistance to kyiv, estimated by the Pentagon at some 325 million dollars (305 million euros).