President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on Canada's decision to return the sanctioned gas turbine for Nord Stream 1 to Germany, stressing that this could lead to increased pressure from Russia to obtain new exemptions from restrictive measures. He said this in his evening address..

Zelensky called Canada's permission to transfer the specified turbine "

“This concerns not just some turbine for the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which Canada was not supposed to, but nevertheless decided to transfer - actually transfer to Russia. It's about general rules.. If a terrorist state can squeeze out such an exception in sanctions, what exceptions will it want tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the president remarked.

He stressed that this issue is very dangerous: both for Ukraine and for all democratic states..

" This is their logic,"

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According to Volodymyr Zelensky, after such a decision, "

" Because every concession under such conditions is perceived by the Russian leadership as an incentive for further strong pressure,"

At the same time, he said that the decision on one turbine, which entails a number of other problems, could still be reconsidered..

" And he won't play now if he doesn't see the strength,"

As a reminder, Canada agreed to export a natural gas turbine to Germany for use in the Nord Stream gas pipeline, issuing a "

The day before, the Kremlin issued an ultimatum regarding the return of the German turbine for Nord Stream.

The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on Canada to cancel the decision to transfer the turbine, as well as ensure the integrity of the sanctions regime. The authorities note that Russia's demand for the mandatory return of the turbine to continue transporting gas is blackmail, which has no technical justification..