The Ukrainian Canadian
Congress has called on the Canadian legislators and officials to toughen
sanctions against Russia and provide Ukraine with weapons.
This is stated in the letter
by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress sent to the ministers and members of
the Parliament of Canada, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"The Ukrainian Canadian
Congress called on Canada to strongly condemn the mendacious accusations by the
Russian Federation made against Ukraine; significantly increase sanctions on
the Russian Federation in response to Russia’s increasing aggression, including
banning Russia from the SWIFT international payments system; immediately
provide Ukraine with defensive weapons, including anti-tank weapons and
equipment it needs to defend its territorial integrity and the lives of the
civilian population," the letter reads.
As stated by President of the
Congress, Paul Grod, the latest provocations by Russia demand a firm and robust
response from the international community.
“Putin’s ridiculous accusations
against Ukraine are part of a tried-and-true Russian playbook of manufacturing
a crisis and then ‘responding’ to it by military aggression. We have seen this
before – in Georgia, in Russian-occupied Crimea, and in the Russian-occupied
territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts,” he stated.
No comments:
Post a Comment