Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and briefly toured a blackened, bombed-out suburban community.
At the same time, he reopened the Canadian embassy and welcomed the ambassador back to the battered capital.
The visit came on the same day that Russian missiles hit the southern port city of Odessa and there was heavy fighting in the eastern part of the country, including around Kharkov, Ukraine’s second largest city.
Trudeau visited the city of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, which was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in March, when Russian forces tried to storm the capital.
Ukrainian troops effectively halted the offensive in the area and repulsed the invading forces.
The visit of the Prime Minister was made during the interruption of the news. However, photos from Trudeau’s visit to Irpen were posted on Twitter by the city’s mayor, who met with Trudeau.
Deputy Prime Minister Christia Freeland and Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie are also in Ukraine with the Prime Minister.
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