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 […]
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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 for a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and their Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte.
They discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and were to strategize on the response of NATO countries to the conflict.
They spoke inside an officer’s 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.
Canada, Britain and their NATO allies have rejected desperate Ukrainian pleas for a no-fly zone to protect their civilians from Russian bombardment because they fear it could start a new world war if they engage with Russian planes.
An adviser to the Ukrainian president said Monday a fourth round of talks with Russia would begin later in the day as the Russian bombardment entered its 12th day, inflicting upwards of 360 civilian casualties.