United Nations (AP) – Russia’s partial military mobilization It’s a sign of “failure and failure” in the invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau charged Wednesday, which he called an escalation of war.
Trudeau said President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats combined to activate some of the safeguards And plans for referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine show that the Russian leader is desperate.
“Putin has fundamentally miscalculated in several ways,” he told reporters at UN headquarters, where the General Assembly is meeting. “Putin was wrong and he is failing and failing in his response to the situation right now.”
In calling for mobilization, Putin cited the length of the front line and said Russia was effectively fighting the combined military might of Western nations.
Trudeau pledged that Canada would continue to strengthen sanctions against Russia and provide military aid to Ukraine, but offered no specifics. Putin, he said, had come “closer to admitting what he didn’t want to admit” that his country was actually at war.
The Canadian leader accused Putin of “war crimes” and said Russia, a founding member of the United Nations, was violating the organization’s fundamental principles.
“We are going to do everything necessary to hold Putin and his cronies accountable,” Trudeau said.
Pushing journalists to enter American politics, Trudeau sidesteps one point and moves to another. Asked if President Joe Biden was wrong to declare the Covid-19 pandemic, Trudeau referred to people struggling in hospitals and said “we all want this pandemic to end as soon as possible.”
On overturning Roe v. Wade, though, he enthusiastically said Canada will fight for reproductive rights around the world.
“We will help the United States if we need it,” he said.
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AP National Writer Matt Sedensky can be reached at msedensky@ap.org and https://twitter.com/sedensky. For more AP coverage of the United Nations General Assembly, visit https://apnews.com/hub/united-nations-general-assembly
