The state budget of Ukraine has received a 1 billion Canadian dollars (equivalent to $773 million) soft loan from Canada for a period of 10 years at 1.69% per annum, the Ministry of Finance announced on Friday.
The Canadian government is on "high alert" for cyber attacks from Russia and other unfriendly countries, Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino said at a meeting of the security committee of the Canadian parliament.
Both chambers of the Canadian Parliament unanimously recognized Russia's military actions in Ukraine as genocide, Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk has said.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, noting that Ukraine is looking forward to a productive dialogue on expanding the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).