Canada has imposed sanctions on 40 russian citizens and five companies that facilitated the military invasion of Ukraine, announced the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after he visited Ukraine, Ukrinform reports.
"Sanctions are being imposed on 21 russians, including oligarchs and close supporters of the Russian regime, as well as 19 people in the russian defense sector," the statement said.
To the list of sanctioned companies were added five that provide direct or indirect support to the russian military.
"And we are imposing new sanctions on 40 russian individuals and five legal entities, oligarchs, and close associates of the regime in the defense sector, all of them involved in Putin's war," Trudeau was quoted as saying by Reuters.
The names of these individuals and company names have not yet been published.
The head of the Canadian government arrived in Kyiv yesterday with an unannounced visit. Trudeau met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and visited Irpin, a town near the Ukrainian capital where the russian occupiers had committed atrocities.