Ottawa – Ottawa is closely watching because US President Donald Trump attempts to play the role of a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.
Canada has voluntarily worked to play a role in helping to help maintain peace in Ukraine, if a ceasefire deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelanski could be done, to end the Moscow fight in 2014.
The way the war ends, it can be revived for decades.
“This is an impact and impact on global security on peace around the world,” said Marcus Kolga, a senior partner at the McDonald-Lariers Institute.
Here’s a look at what is at stake for Canada, and how Ottawa can be called to help.
What is happening in the talks?
On 15 August, US President Donald Trump welcomed Putin at a high-profile summit in Alaska, ending the years of Western separation for Russia and its leader. Several days later, Trump also hosted Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky and European leaders at the White House.
Ukraine said it needs a “security guarantee” from other countries that may ensure that Russia would not increase another attack, while Moscow has stopped Ukraine from membership in groups such as NATO or European Union.
Canada has been part of the conversation for more than two years to help secure any kind of peace deal in Ukraine. The negotiations finally declined the coalition of the alliance, a group of nations, who offered to help a peace force funds or employees on the Ukrainian region.
Apart from Canada, the group includes most European nations as well as Japan and Australia. Top Canadian top soldiers have also been part of NATO negotiations to coordinate potential military contribution.
Trump has said that the US will not send soldiers to Ukraine, but may provide air aid to maintain peace.
How did this struggle begin?
Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014, anxing Crimea and was fighting for other regions for eight years before Ukraine started an invasion of February 2022.
Trump incorrectly suggested that Ukraine has started the struggle.
Ukraine says the Russian -backed, autocratic President threatened the 2014 democratic rebellion to endanger Moscow’s control over the country, as Kiev reached close to the European Union. Kiev says that he wants to chart a democratic, western route as a multi-caste country, unlike Moscow’s nationalist story, which overshadows traditional orthodox attitudes.
Ukrainian says that he has been victims of Russian imperialism for centuries, citing frequent repression of Ukrainian language and identity, Holyloadomore famine of 1932, and evidence of Russian soldiers torture Ukrainian during the current war.
Ukraine left its nuclear weapons in 1994 that Moscow, Washington and London would guarantee the safety of Ukraine.
Russia says it is trying to stop a western invasion and protect the Russian -language speakers – but these claims are not align with reality.
Moscow claims that Ukraine is an American puppet state run by an Nazi rule, despite being the current President and former Prime Minister being Jew.
Russia has taken examples of real and imagination of discrimination against minorities in Ukraine and examples of restrictions on Russian language, because to say that Kiev has a terrorist government that should be topped with areas absorbed in Russia.
Moscow claims that the expansion of NATO in former Soviet countries with Russia bordering tries to destabilize the West Russia. Kremlin has openly mumped with the reorganization of the Soviet Union, which was successful by Russia and 14 sovereign countries.
Countries that had chosen to join NATO say they need Western support to keep Moscow back after their invasion of Georgia and Ukraine and Estonia.
How does our support pile up against others?
The Kail Institute, which measures the global contribution to Ukraine, ranks 11th in rank based on Canada and GDP as the fifth most generous in raw dollars.
The top donor in raw dollars is America, followed by Germany, UK and Japan. Those who give the highest part of proportional support for economic size include the Netherlands, most Scandinavian countries and Baltic.
The tracker says Canada has supported Ukraine over $ 19.7 billion, while Ottawa has taken it to $ 22 billion, including military, human and financial assistance. This is more than per capita and dollar than France and Italy.
A large part of Ottawa’s support is a loan, underlining the Ukrainian government so that it is capable of finance operations and taking loans.
Canada’s human initiative has an external role, such as re -starting Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russia, maintaining maternal health services and working to detect and remove landmines.
Will we send soldiers to Ukraine? What can we be called to help secure a ceasefire?
Prime Minister Mark Carney will not specify on Friday how Canada can help, but Ukraine will need support on land, air and sea.
“This is a liquid condition; it’s a delicate situation, so I am not going to describe the nuances,” he told reporters.
“Any safety guarantee begins with a strong Ukrainian army. And it means weapon, that means training, it means viability.”
Professor Stephen of Carlton University said that Canada is limited to how much military support it can give. “We really have nothing to send to the shelves to send them,” he said.
It is not clear whether the Canadian soldiers will be on the ground in Ukraine, given that no one agrees to the ceasefire, and Putin says he would not accept NATO soldiers to be deployed in Ukraine.
Even if this was possible, Canada would need to rebuild hundreds of its soldiers from the ongoing NATO mission in Latvia, in which the soldiers would have to stop the Moscow from attacking Moscow near the Russian border.
“If you want a real fighter-competent force, you will basically have to take in Latvia and transfer it to Ukraine, and Latvian people will not be thrilled about that,” said.
Canada has led a training mission for Ukrainian soldiers since 2015, and may possibly continue this training for Ukraine and any country.
“If there is a ceasefire, we can train them in Ukraine. So a few hundred soldiers would be doing so,” said, “Some special operation forces can also help in Ukraine.
He said that Canada does not have too much air-petrol capacity or ships that will help secure the Black Sea or sky on Ukraine.
Kolga said that Ottawa could also increase its financial efforts against Russia, such as fulfilling the efforts to seize Russian holdings in foreign banks to finance Ukraine’s war effort, or approve states supporting Russia’s war economy.
Why is it in our interest to help Ukraine?
Kolga said that there is a real threat to Canadian Arctic if the message is conveyed to Putin that he can win the area and respect the land to anx.
He said, “He will overtake himself. He will restructure his forces – which are already important,” he said. “He can try again elsewhere. There are all signs.”
Kolga Notes Russia has renewed or renovated dozens of military bases in Arctic. Moscow has made “maximalist claims” on the Arctic water that overlaps with the areas claimed by Ottawa.
“We can apply brakes on all by ensuring that Ukraine wins.”
Kolga argues that western countries should have increased their arms for Ukraine with a lower range in struggle to be defeated Russia instead of providing “drips and drabes” that extended war.
He said, “We are today that we will not be in prediction.”
Western countries expressed fear of provoking direct confrontation with Russia, which have nuclear weapons. Russia has since re -designed its economy to focus on weapons and trade with countries that have not approved Moscow like China, India and Brazil.
The victory for Ukraine would serve as a serious blow for “Arctic and Putin in Russia and Russia’s” neo-sympathetic “, said Kolga said.