{"id":202995,"date":"2026-09-10T02:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/202995\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T02:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T02:37:38","slug":"zelensky-arrives-in-calgary-ahead-of-carney-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/202995\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky arrives in Calgary ahead of Carney meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., June 17, 2025. The two leaders will meet Thursday morning in Calgary.DARRYL DYCK\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> landed in Calgary on Wednesday night ahead of a scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They are set to meet in the city Thursday morning, and Zelensky is to later address a cabinet meeting in the nearby mountain resort town of Banff, Alta.<\/p>\n

Carney said the visit will focus on the countries\u2019 shared priorities, including deepening defence, economic and energy co-operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will also address the human cost of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine and build on the strong people-to-people ties that connect our countries,\u201d Carney said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada remains steadfast in our commitment to support Ukraine\u2019s defence, recovery and reconstruction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, are also set to visit Toronto and North Bay, Ont., before leaving Friday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Zelensky\u2019s first visit to Canada this year. He was in Halifax in December amid efforts to end the war that Russia started in 2014.<\/p>\n

Carney visited Kyiv in August 2025, and his predecessor Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine each year after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Kyiv has suffered a barrage of Russian air strikes in recent months, and Ukraine has pleaded for more air defence support from its allies.<\/p>\n

Since 2022, Canada has pledged $6.5 billion in military assistance for Ukraine running through to 2029.<\/p>\n

Opinion: Ukrainians see a different Zelensky \u2013 one who needs to be reformed<\/a><\/p>\n

Members of Parliament across party lines have put Ukraine at the centre of their foreign policy platforms. In May, Canada joined an agreement to learn from Ukrainian drone producers.<\/p>\n

Ottawa has made no new funding announcements for Ukraine since then.<\/p>\n

The Kiel Institute, which measures global contributions to Ukraine, pegs Canada as the fourth most generous in raw dollars and in 12th place based on gross domestic product. Canada\u2019s donations include military aid, government financing and humanitarian support.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has managed in recent months to hold back Russian advances and strike targets within Russia, including oil refineries and warehouses owned by Russia\u2019s biggest online retailer.<\/p>\n

Moscow has at times hinted at an end to the conflict. But Ukrainian and European officials have said the war should only end on terms that prevent Russia from rearming and attacking elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Zelensky\u2019s visit comes as European leaders argue Russia is widening its war through acts of sabotage, including paying youths to vandalize railways. European airports have had to halt operations several times due to drones attributed to Russia.<\/p>\n

Germany last week blamed Russia for what it called an attempted explosive drone attack near a Ukrainian cargo plane at the Leipzig airport.<\/p>\n

Carney called it \u201can egregious attempt by Russia to weaken our resolve and our collective defence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Across Europe, political parties once considered fringe over their support for Russia have seen their popularity increase as the continent tackles economic, environmental and migration crises.<\/p>\n

Zelensky\u2019s visit also comes at a time of rising domestic pressure on his own government, which was elected in 2019 and cannot call elections due to a constitutional ban on votes during martial law.<\/p>\n

In July, Zelensky fired both his defence minister and military chief after days of protests. Opponents have accused him in various corruption scandals.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has increasingly relied on Canada to advocate for its sovereignty and a just end to the war in various international forums.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host world leaders in Miami for the G20 summit in December. There are signs he might allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend, despite Putin being subject to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n

The warrant is based on Russia\u2019s abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children in what the court says is a probable war crime.<\/p>\n

Anita Anand, Canada\u2019s foreign affairs minister, is to co-host a summit later this month in Toronto about the return of Ukrainian children and prisoners of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[164,224,238,214,212,239,17,211,230,231,227,213,210,235,171,234,143,222,249,215,216,229,225,226,219,240,111,220,244,245,247,242,246,94,243,217,142,233,113,232,241,223,236,237,228,221,218,248],"class_list":["post-202995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mark-carney","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-mark-carney","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}