Zelensky confirms new Canadian aid package after talks with European leaders

Source: The Hill

12/27/25 4:01 PM ET


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday confirmed that Canada will give his country a new assistance package after he spoke with European leaders amid peace talks.

Zelensky stopped in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and thanked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for joining him in “speaking with our friends from Europe” about bringing the war between Ukraine and Russia to an end.

Carney told reporters that “a just and lasting peace” needs a “willing Russia.” He condemned Russia’s strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, which killed at least one person and left over 20 people hurt.

“We’re announcing today further economic assistance for Ukraine: $2.5 billion worth of economic assistance that helps unlock financing from the [International Monetary Fund], from the World Bank, from the European Bank for reconstruction and redevelopment,” Carney said. Zelensky thanked Carney and called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a man of war.”

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