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CP NewsAlert: Carney not ruling out Canadian troops on ground in Ukraine

  • Bill Graveland

    Bill Graveland

  • Canadian Press

  • August 24, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial wall on Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

KYIV -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is not ruling out putting Canadian troops on the ground in Ukraine as part of an eventual security guarantee against Russia.

Carney made the comments at a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of a surprise visit to Kyiv today.

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