In a telephone conversation, Truss expressed to the Ukrainian leader London’s “strong support” for kyiv in the face of the recent referendums promoted by Russia in the territories it controls militarily in Ukraine.

Pro-Russian authorities in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia, Kherson, Luhansk and Donetsk regions on Tuesday announced the victory of a “yes” vote to Russian incorporation in referendums organized by Moscow and ruled invalid by Kyiv and its Western allies.

The British Ministry of Defense believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intention is to announce the annexation of these territories in the near future.

According to a spokesperson for the British Prime Minister, the two leaders also discussed “how the UK and Ukraine can work together to secure Ukraine’s gas supply in the long term”.

Truss also thanked Zelensky for the work that led to the release of five British citizens held by pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine, freed last week through the mediation of Saudi Arabia.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also spoke with Zelensky today and said that “Canada will never recognize the Russian ‘referendums’ and that the country will continue to “provide military, humanitarian and financial assistance to the Ukrainian people “, he said in the press release. Twitter social network.

Trudeau added later in a statement that the referendums in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia “have no legitimacy” and constitute a “flagrant violation of international law”.

“Canada does not and will never recognize the results of these fake referendums or Russia’s attempt to illegally annex Ukrainian territories,” he said.

BM (APN) // SCA

By Impala News / Lusa

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