‘Special Partnership:’ Canadian Loan of $120 Million Welcomed by Ukrainian President

‘Special Partnership:’ Canadian Loan of $120 Million Welcomed by Ukrainian President
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen at the Chancellery in Berlin, July 12, 2021. Pool Photo via AP/Stefanie Loos
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OTTAWA—The president of Ukraine has thanked Canada for a $120-million loan aimed at bolstering his country’s economy amid a hostile buildup of 100,000 Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers along its borders.

Volodymyr Zelensky, through a statement issued late Friday by the Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa, said the loan represents another example of the “special partnership” between the two countries.