Overview
- Chrystia Freeland announced on X that she will step down from Canada’s Parliament to serve as an unpaid economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Zelenskyy praised Freeland as highly qualified, citing her experience attracting investment and carrying out economic transformations.
- Freeland, who has Ukrainian roots, previously served as Canada’s foreign and finance minister, deputy prime minister, and special envoy for Ukraine reconstruction.
- Leaders are expected to convene in Paris on Tuesday for a meeting of the so‑called Coalition of the Willing to coordinate further support for Ukraine.
- Latvian authorities are investigating damage to a fiber‑optic undersea cable near Liepaja in the Baltic Sea, with a ship suspected as the cause.