Trudeau will visit Europe for meetings on Ukraine

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... The Office of the Prime Minister made the announcement Friday, saying Trudeau will travel to the United Kingdom, Latvia, Germany, and Poland.

“Lots to do this week with allies in Europe and I'm looking forward to it,” Trudeau said. “Over the past weeks we have been working together and coordinating together and the opportunity to sit down with key leaders in Europe and talk about how we can further support Ukraine, how we can further push back against Russia.”

Trudeau will be in Europe from March 6 to March 11.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_da814abf54e41f9c13eabb809d535b76

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1. EU ready to adopt more Russia sanctions if war doesn't stop

From CNN’s Arnaud Siad

The European Union is ready to adopt more sanctions against Russia if President Vladimir Putin does not stop the war in Ukraine, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

“We know that this conflict is far from over, and to be very clear, we are ready to take further severe measures if Putin does not stop and reverse the war he has unleashed,” she said alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Brussels ...

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_578f9dbaab2d5acc7441de3280a3e9e2

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2. Switzerland will adopt further sanctions on Russia

From CNN's Sharon Braithwaite in London

Switzerland will adopt the new European Union sanctions on Russia and freeze the assets of more people with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the government announced Friday in a statement.

The newly adopted measures concern certain goods and financial services, the government said in a statement, adding that Switzerland’s list of sanctions has been extended accordingly ...

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_9cdb2fcc27a38241fa86f641a68ae405

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3. Blinken: Ukraine can win

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC that he is convinced Ukraine can win its war with Russia.

He could not say how long the conflict would last, but insisted that Ukraine's defeat was not inevitable.

Mr Blinken praised the "extraordinary resilience" of the Ukrainian people.

"If it's the intention of Moscow to try somehow to topple the government and install its own puppet regime, 45 million Ukrainians are going to reject that one way or the other," he said ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60626921

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4. US troops accumulating in Europe

4 Mar 2022
Military.com | By Steve Beynon

As Russia marches on its warpath, encircling Ukrainian cities and bombing civilian buildings, the Pentagon has deployed some 12,000 troops to NATO member nations within spitting distance of Ukraine, a massing of infantry, aircraft and tanks not seen since the Cold War.

President Joe Biden has vowed those troops will not fight for Ukraine, instead framing their presence as a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin that any advance past Ukraine's borders and into NATO territory would trigger direct conflict ...

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/04/us-troops-are-accumulating-europe-pentagon-eyes-putins-ukraine-war.html

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5. Will Ukraine be around March 6 to March 11 -?