Trudeau to attend NATO leaders' summit as Russia escalates aggression toward Ukr

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will  meet  with NATO leaders today to mark the  defense  alliance's  75th anniversary  as Russia escalates its aggression  toward  Ukraine.
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 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves as he boards a government plane as he departs for the NATO Summit from the airport on July 8, 2024 in Ottawa. 

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  The ongoing  fighting  in Ukraine will top the agenda of the three-day summit  after  Russian missile attacks  caused  death and destruction, including  on  a  major  children's  hospital in Kyiv.
 
 
 
  Strong  new  measures to support Ukraine  will  be announced during the summit and officials say  they  will include information on the  war-torn  country's  efforts  to  become  a  NATO  member.|
 
  Trudeau will be  strong  about the need to  remain  resolute in  supporting  Ukraine, but Canadian officials will also  face  questions  about  that  country's  record on  defense  spending.|  ,  Alliance  members  agreed to spend the equivalent of two  percent  of their national gross domestic product on  defence,  but Canada has long  since  missed  that  target.
 
  Defence Minister Bill Blair  said  Monday  afternoon  at  the Foreign Policy  and  Security Forum in Washington  that Canada  came  to the summit with the  detailed plan that allies  had  asked  for.
 
  This report by The BBNews was published July 9,  2024.

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