Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Canada

Visit comes as Ukraine grapples with barrage of devastating air strikes Sarah Petz · CBC News · Posted: Sep 09, 2026 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Play article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a welcome ceremony at the Serbia Palace, in Belgrade in August. The two leaders will participate in a signing ceremony and hold a news conference afterwards.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected to visit Canada next week: sources Carney prepared to tell Putin to 'get out of Ukraine' if Russia welcomed to G20 summit The Ukrainian president announced that he was travelling to Canada in a social media post on Wednesday, but did not say what city he was flying into.  Zelenskyy's most recent visit to Canada was last December, where he met with Carney in Halifax before travelling to the U. S. for talks focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.  Carney visited Kyiv last August in his first official visit to the country, where he reiterated Canada's support for Ukraine and unveiled details of an additional $2 billion in military aid.  Flight delayed Tuesday due to drone activity On Tuesday, a flight scheduled to carry Zelenskyy from Moldova to Norway was ​delayed when authorities closed Moldova's airspace because of a drone incursion, a government spokesperson said Wednesday. Moldovan police said a Russian drone crashed on Tuesday in a sunflower field on the outskirts of a village in Riscani district, which caused four fires to break out but no injuries. On Wednesday, government spokesperson Dumitru Ciorici said Moldova had closed its airspace on Tuesday afternoon to protect aircraft flying over the country at the time, delaying three departures, including Zelenskyy's. Zelenskyy's visit comes as Kyiv copes with devastating airstrikes and as his government pleads for more air defence support. European leaders argue Russia has been widening its war. WATCH | Russia-Ukraine war escalation: Intelligence warns Putin is preparing escalation in Ukraine September 1|Duration As Western intelligence warns about a planned escalation in Ukraine, Russian airstrikes have killed at least 12 people in Kyiv over six days. Meanwhile, Germany formally accused Russia of sabotage on a Ukrainian plane at the Leipzig airport. Born and raised in Manitoba, her career has taken her across three provinces, multiple cities and to northern Uganda.