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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stopped in Halifax Saturday in his way to Florida to hold talks with President Trump,
as Dan Karpenchuk reports, while Zelensky was on his way,
Russia launched a large air attack on the Ukrainian capital.
Zelensky was welcomed to Canada by Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Halifax Airport.
Carney confirmed the Russian air attacks and also announced two and a half billion dollars in additional economic aid to Ukraine.
He said Russia's most recent attack on Kiev was barbaric and shows how important it is to stand with Ukraine.
Zelensky said the Russian attack with more than 500 drones and missiles shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man of war.
This attack is, again, Russia's answer on our peace efforts.
And it's really a show that Putin doesn't want peace.
Zelensky said the U.S.-backed peace plan is about 90 percent ready,
but some sticking points remain, such as security guarantees.
While the winter storm that dumped on the northeastern U.S.