Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says the new measures impose restrictions on 33 Russian defense entities.
He says the organizations have provided support to the Russian military – directly or indirectly – and are therefore complicit in the pain and suffering of Vladimir Putin’s unjustified war in Ukraine.
The measures introduce asset freezes and bans on listed entities, such as the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Integral SPB and the Shipyard Vympel JSC.
Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 700 people and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus since Russia’s February 24 offensive.
Since the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 1,100 individuals and entities.
“Canada has always been and will always stand by Ukraine,” Jolie said in a statement.  “Today’s measures are the latest example of our unwavering support for Ukraine and its people.
“We will continue to support the brave men and women who are fighting for their freedom and demand that those responsible for the atrocities be held accountable.”
On Sunday, Russian forces bombed government-controlled Kharkiv and sent reinforcements to Izyum in the southeast in a bid to break Ukraine’s defenses, the Ukrainian military said.
The Russians also continued the siege of Mariupol, a key southern port that was attacked and besieged for much more than a month.
Recently released satellite images of Maxar Technologies showed a 13-kilometer convoy of military vehicles heading south to Donbass, reminiscent of an escort that stalled on the road to Kyiv for weeks before Russia gave up trying to occupy the capital.
In a video late at night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued that Russia’s aggression “was not intended to be limited to Ukraine.”  “The whole European plan is a goal,” he said.
“That is why it is not just a moral duty of all democracies, of all the powers of Europe, to support Ukraine’s desire for peace,” Zelensky said.  “This is, in fact, a defense strategy for any civilized state.”
The Ukrainian leader also thanked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday.  Zelensky said they discussed “what assistance the UK will provide to the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine”, especially for the reconstruction of the Kiev region.
Ukrainian authorities have blamed Russian forces for war crimes against civilians, including airstrikes on hospitals, a rocket attack that killed 52 people at a train station and other atrocities that came to light as Russian troops withdrew from the area.
This Canadian Press report was first published on April 11, 2022.
– With files from the Associated Press 
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title: “Canada Takes Aim At Russian Defence Sector With Sanctions " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-18” author: “Opal Luechtefeld”

However, Melanie Joly said Canada was committed to helping Indonesia save its summit, which it will chair as rotating G20 president.  The merger was to be a major debate in repairing a global economy hit by the COVID-19 pandemic before a major European war caused even more economic damage.
“Indonesia is in a difficult position because, clearly, the issue of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has snatched their G20 agenda. So we want to make sure we find a constructive solution for Indonesia,” Joly said in an exclusive interview. from Jakarta.  on Monday.
Joly was speaking after meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi earlier on Monday after Canada targeted the Russian defense industry with the latest round of sanctions for Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.  Jolie said the new measures impose restrictions on 33 entities in the Russian defense sector.
Jolie has said she will not share a table with her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, as Prime Minister Justin Trinto recently said the same thing happened to him in any future interaction with Putin.
US President Joe Biden has said Russia should be expelled from the 20-nation alliance, but if Indonesia or other nations disagree, then Ukraine should be able to attend the summit.
The G20 is a larger version of the G7 that includes non-democratic countries such as Russia, China and Saudi Arabia and other major economies such as India and Brazil.  All these countries have not criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The G20 is the world’s leading multilateral forum for addressing the global economy.  Trinto has said that Putin does not belong to the G20 table because his invasion is responsible for destroying the world economy.
Jolie did not specify what kind of compromise could be found to make life easier for Indonesia as president of the G20 this year, as it echoed Trinto’s criticism of Russia’s involvement in the alliance.
“The G20 is about economic growth. And we want to do everything in our power to ensure that there is absolutely no economic growth for Russia,” he said.
“My goal is to make sure that I do not sit at the same table with Lavrov or the prime minister (with Putin).”
Jolie said Monday’s new sanctions target organizations that have provided support to the Russian military – directly or indirectly – and are therefore complicit in the pain and suffering of Putin’s unwarranted war in Ukraine.
The measures introduce asset freezes and bans on listed entities, such as the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Integral SPB and the Shipyard Vympel JSC.
Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 700 people and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus since Russia’s February 24 offensive.
Since the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 1,100 individuals and entities.
On Monday, Russia claimed to have destroyed several Ukrainian air defense systems in a bid to gain air supremacy and give new impetus to the eastern part of the country.
The mayor of Mariupol, a key southern port that has been under siege for more than a month, said on Monday that more than 10,000 civilians had been killed in the Russian siege and that the death toll could rise to more than 20,000 once all the bodies were found.  counted.
Jolie said it was “fundamental” for Ukraine to receive more weapons from its Western allies, including air defense capabilities “not only to win the war but also to protect lives”.
“Our goal is to announce sanctions every week and to coordinate with the allies,” he added.  “There will be more sanctions, so this is not the end. We must ensure that we stop Putin’s war machine and that is why we are targeting the defense sector.”
In a videotaped message over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argued that Russia’s aggression “was not intended to be limited to Ukraine.”  “The whole European plan is a goal,” he said.
“That is why it is not just a moral duty of all democracies, of all the powers of Europe, to support Ukraine’s desire for peace,” Zelensky said.
This Canadian Press report was first published on April 11, 2022.
– With files from the Associated Press 
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