European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that Europe would never accept Russia as a threat to its security, during a speech in the Canadian Parliament and ahead of increased support for Ukraine.

“We will never accept a military force with imperial claims that sends its tanks across international borders,” von der Leyen said during her speech in Ottawa.

27 “will never accept this threat to European security and to the very foundations of our international community,” he insisted.

The President of the Commission demanded “unwavering military and economic support” from Ukraine and Russia to “pay the price of the crime” for the “attack” it launched after its proposal in November to set up a special international court.

On the eve of International Women’s Day, Ms von der Leyen praised Ukrainian women serving in the armed forces, saying that despite being barred from combat before the war, they “don’t care and they still joined the army.” “.

“It’s not just a war against Ukraine. It’s also a war against human rights, it’s a war against women’s rights,” said the German politician, backed by members of the Canadian parliament, referring to UN accusations that “Russia is using rape and sexual violence as part of its military strategy in Ukraine”.

But Ukrainian women fight backadded the President of the European Commission.

Earlier, during a visit to a Canadian military base, Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to send generators to Ukraine, which is experiencing massive power outages due to repeated Russian attacks on its generation and distribution networks.

Mr. Trudeau also announced an extension until October of a soon-to-be-completed Canadian military engineer training mission in Poland, as well as the deployment of medical corps instructors.

After a visit to Canada, Ursula von der Leyen is expected in the United States, where US President Joe Biden will meet her on Friday.

Source: RES-IPE