Hot climate between Russia and the West. All thanks, so to speak, to French President Emmanuel Macron, who suddenly decided to change his stance on Ukraine, hypothesizing the sending of troops to help Volodymyr Zelensky’s army. A crazy exit, which forced the allies – the United States, Italy and Germany first and foremost – to correct their aim. The Kremlin’s reaction was nothing short of muscular: Vladimir Putin recalled that Russian weapons can hit the West. Now we’re adding fuel to the fire Canada.
As reported by the Toronto Star, the Canadian defense minister Bill Blair he opened up to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine “under certain conditions”. Justin Trudeau’s right-hand man highlighted that Canadian instructors could leave for Kiev to train Zelensky’s soldiers. The security agreement signed by Canada and Ukraine provides that Toronto can return to lead training courses in Ukraine “when conditions allow.”
“I don’t want to send armed forces personnel near a theater of combat that could create the perception that we are taking an active role in battle,” Blair specified, but the risk is precisely that: of give Russia an “excuse” to widen the conflict. The Canadian military already has a small presence in Ukraine to protect diplomatic personnel and has already trained thousands of Ukrainian soldiers as part of Operation Unifier.
Together with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau visited Kiev on Saturday to sign with Zelensky the security pact that includes a commitment to $320 million in new military spending by the end of the year. “Putin cannot win”, his words: “Ukraine will see victory, just as it happened on this ground two years ago”.
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