Ukraine says it's 'preparing to confiscate' massive Russian cargo plane parked at Toronto Pearson
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A massive Russian cargo plane that has been grounded at Toronto Pearson International Airport for more than a year will be confiscated by Ukraine, the country's prime minister says.
A massive Russian cargo plane that has been grounded at Toronto Pearson International Airport for more than a year will be confiscated by Ukraine, the country’s prime minister says.
“(We are) preparing to confiscate the AN-124 aircraft and other assets of the aggressor in Canada and transfer them to the benefit of Ukraine,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
Shmyhal’s post comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with him in Toronto last week to discuss support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
New Canadian sanctions were announced after the meeting, which Shmyhal called a “fruitful week” visiting Canada and the U.S.
In the update, he described a “new package of [Canadian] sanctions” against Russia – “in particular, against Volga-Dnepr company” – the airline that owns the cargo plane that’s been grounded at Toronto Pearson since Feb. 27, 2022.
The Russian plane initially planned to leave Toronto shortly after arriving from China, via the U.S. and Russia. But that flight was cancelled when the Canadian government closed the country’s airspace to Russian aircraft operators.
The plane was in the same spot on Monday that it's been parked in at Toronto Pearson for more than a year, according to visuals captured on the CTV News Toronto helicopter.
