About to deliver his speech, the Ukrainian president's eyes got a bit misty when schoolchildren instead broke into the Ukrainian national anthem. Source: Canadian Press A large crowd of members of the Ukrainian community and politicians welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, with a standing ovation when they walked into a Canadian Armed Forces facility in Toronto on Friday night. Zelenskyy, who is in Canada for the first time since Russian troops began a full-scale assault on Ukraine in February 2022, greeted the crowd with “Slava Ukraini,” a national salute that means glory to Ukraine. About 1,000 people gathered in the Fort York Armoury to show support, including a group of students and teachers from St.