Canada Sanctions Russia Following Annexation of Regions in Ukraine

Forty-three Russian government officials, financial elites, and their family members, as well as thirty-five Russia-backed senior officials in Donestsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia have been reportedly subject to Canadian sanctions.

Earlier today, President Vladimir Putin, officially signed documents to annex four regions in Ukraine in a ceremony at the Kremlin. The annexation has been condemned by Canada and several Western countries as “Illegal”.

Earlier, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said “Canada will never recognize Putin’s referendums in occupied regions of Ukraine”.

Trudeau said “Canada condemns Putin’s “referendums”. The outcomes of these referendums are not legitimate, and Canada does not – and will not ever- recognize them. I repeat: Ukraine’s territory will remain Ukraine’s”.

In response to the annexation, Ukraine President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Ukraine was formally applying NATO military alliance.