Canada won’t be following the United States in evacuating families of diplomats in Ukraine and allowing non-essential staff to leave its Kyiv embassy at this stage and amid tensions with Russia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Jan. 24.
“We will make determinations based on safety on the ground, based on the concerns we have around a potential Russian invasion. We obviously continue to work very, very hard on a diplomatic track, on an international track, to try and get Russia to de-escalate,” Trudeau said in a virtual press conference on Jan. 24.
