Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed to take in Ukrainian refugees von der Leyen: 'Yesterday I was in Kyiv. I saw President Zelensky and I promised to him that we're going to take good care of the refugees.'
Canada has always been a country to welcome in refugees," Trudeau said, making note of his country's historically large Ukrainian community and adding that Canada has "created rapid pathways" for Ukrainian refugees.Von der Leyen said it was "amazing to see the open hearts and the open doors of the European people mainly in the front-line countries like Poland, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, just to name a few.
"Yesterday I was in Kyiv. I saw President Zelensky and I promised to him that we're going to take good care of the refugees until they can return safely home. That is very important to rebuild their country," she added."we have to do more" to help Ukraine, be it more sanctions, weapons deliveries and financial support.
"Whatever is necessary is being done, and we know we're in for a long haul here to fight Putin's aggression, to defend the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
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