Ukrainian President Criticizes Canada for Allowing Return of Gas Turbines to Germany

Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, on March 8, 2022. Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is criticizing Canada for allowing repaired gas turbines to return to Germany, which will be used for Russian gas delivery.

In an address on July 11, Zelenskyy announced that his foreign ministry summoned Canada’s envoy to Ukraine to be admonished over an “absolutely unacceptable exception to the sanctions regime against Russia.”