The Canadian government is urgently calling on all Canadians in Ukraine to leave the country immediately after the US announced that Russia has enough troops massed to launch a major invasion.
“I urge all Canadians in Ukraine to make the necessary arrangements to leave the country now,” Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told the media in a statement.
In the same statement, the Canadian minister confirmed that the safety and security of Canadians is a top priority for the government.
The move comes only a day after the US and the UK urged their citizens to urgently leave Ukraine, in view of growing tensions with Russia.
Moscow has recently increased its military presence at several strategic locations along the Ukrainian border.
Many international government leaders had expressed that they “highly doubt Putin will ever engage in war” over its western neighbor, but daily developments to the situation are casting doubts over the lengths Russia will go to.
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