Kyiv, May 9 (Reuters) – The world will do everything possible to make Russian President Vladimir Putin lose his war in Ukraine, including keeping Moscow under sanctions for years, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Sunday.
“What Putin needs to understand is that the West is absolutely determined and determined to oppose what it is doing,” Trudeau said in an interview with Reuters.
“His illegal war, his escalation, his crossing the red line by choosing to invade Ukraine further means that as a world we will do everything we can to make sure he loses.
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Speaking on the sidelines of an unannounced visit to Ukraine for talks with President Vladimir Zelensky, whom he calls a friend, Trudeau said Putin was making a terrible mistake.
“He is committing atrocities against civilians and all this is something he is doing because he thought he could win. But he can only lose, “Trudeau said when asked what he would say to Putin on the eve of Russia’s celebrations of Nazi defeat of Germany in World War II, which Moscow calls the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45.
On Sunday, Europe marked the 77th anniversary of the capitulation of the Nazis. Russia celebrates victory on May 9. The unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany took effect at 23:01 on May 8, 1945, which is on May 9 in Moscow.
Trudeau also echoed a statement by the Group of Seven earlier Sunday after a video call from G7 leaders to Zelinsky about how “Putin’s actions shame Russia and the historical victims of its people” during World War II. war.
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“Honestly, on Europe’s Victory Day, when we all celebrate the victory over fascism so many decades ago,” Trudeau said.
Putin, Russia’s most important leader since 1999, who will lead Monday’s anniversary celebrations, has used Victory Day in recent years to kill the West in honor of Red Square before a parade of troops, tanks, missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles. missiles. Read more
Earlier, Trudeau said Canada would provide new weapons and equipment to Ukraine and reopen its embassy in Kyiv, the country’s capital. Read more
Putin says he launched a “special military operation” on February 24 to disarm Ukraine and free it from Western-backed anti-Russian nationalism. Ukraine and its allies say Russia has started an unprovoked war.
Trudeau said all countries that have imposed sanctions on Moscow that have affected the Russian economy are determined to keep them as long as necessary, even for years.
“Vladimir Putin cannot disturb stability, growth and prosperity for the world for more than 70 years and expects to continue to benefit from this stability, growth and prosperity,” he said.
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Report in Kyiv by Tom Balmfort; Writing by Lydia Kelly; Edited by Leslie Adler
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