PM Trudeau, leaders of U.K., the Netherlands vow solidarity with besieged Ukraine
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his British and Dutch counterparts displayed a show of solidarity with besieged Ukraine on Monday at a historic military base that helped defend Britain during the Second World War.
"We want to stand with the Ukrainian people and push back hard against Russia," Trudeau said after arriving at the Royal Air Force Station Northolt outside of London where he was meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and their Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte.
Trudeau met with each leader separately and together, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine was the key conversation. They were to strategize on the response of NATO countries to the conflict.
They spoke inside an officers mess building outside a vast airfield that was also a base for the Polish Air Force and played a pivotal role in the Battle of Britain.
The Polish squadron registered the most shootdowns of Nazi aircraft on flights out of the base during the course of the epic battle. Rutte and Johnson both acknowledged the role the base played in the Second World War.
