Canada urges avoiding non-essential travel to Ukraine, citing ‘Russian aggression’
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United States said on Friday it feared Russia was preparing a pretext to invade if diplomacy failed to meet its objectives.
The Canadian government is urging its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine, in a new advisory citing “Russian aggression.”
Moscow has stationed more than 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine, and the United States said on Friday it feared Russia was preparing a pretext to invade if diplomacy failed to meet its objectives.
“We have changed the risk level for Ukraine to avoid non-essential travel due to ongoing Russian aggression and military buildup in and around the country,” the Canadian government said in a travel advisory issued late Saturday.
Canada, with a sizeable and politically influential population of Ukrainian descent, has taken a hard line with Russia since its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly is to visit Kyiv next week to reaffirm Canada’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty and reinforce efforts to deter “aggressive actions” by Russia, Ottawa said earlier.
Joly will meet Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal and travel to the west of the country to speak to a 200-strong Canadian training mission that has been there since 2015.
Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Marta Morgan and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman spoke on Friday and pledged continued close coordination to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine and called for Russian de-escalation, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday.
In an interview with Canadian broadcaster CBC, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described Russia as “the aggressor.” He told CBC News it was up to Russia to de-escalate and that NATO was willing to sit down again and listen to Moscow’s concerns.
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