After Trudeau, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly condemns Russia “in the strongest possible terms.”

The Canadian Government is not shying away from publicly proclaiming its unwavering support for Ukraine amidst the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, at a joint press conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, called Russia’s air attacks on Ukraine “abhorrent” and condemned them “in the strongest possible terms.”

Joly also took to Twitter to claim that the Canadian authorities have summoned Russia’s ambassador to Canada to express their condemnation of the attacks in person.

Putin has yet again attacked Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and targeted Ukrainian civilians. This is a war crime.

We summoned Russia’s ambassador to Canada to convey our condemnation directly.

Today and everyday, we stand with Ukraine. https://t.co/TlkiuNpk8E

— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) October 10, 2022

The Russian Federation launched cruise missiles on Ukraine on Monday and Tuesday causing casualties in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro and Kremenchuk in the centre, Zaporizhzhia in the south, and Kharkiv in the east. These attacks have reportedly knocked out power in some of the most prominent cities of the country.

These Russian ‘air strikes’ have been regarded as the largest since the conflict began.

PM Justin Trudeau also took to Twitter on Tuesday to share his telephonic conversation with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and echoed Joly’s sentiments stating, “I told him that Canada condemns this abhorrent behavior and that we’ll continue to stand with our allies in support of Ukraine.”

President @ZelenskyyUa and I spoke today about Russia’s latest attacks – including missile strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure. I told him that Canada condemns this abhorrent behaviour, and that we’ll continue to stand with our allies in support of Ukraine.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 10, 2022