Carney was in Kyiv as a guest of Zelenskyy to participate in Ukraine’s Independence Day. In a speech at a ceremony marking the holiday, Carney said in French that Ukraine is at a critical moment of the war, and that the support of the international community must intensify.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the defense ministers of Sweden, Denmark, Romania, Lithuania, and Latvia, as well as the U.K. Minister for Veterans Affairs, are also in Ukraine for Independence Day.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has stressed that only Kyiv and its allies, not Russia, can decide future security guarantees. Meanwhile, Ukraine is celebrating its Independence Day on Sunday. DW has more.