New Delhi: Canada will send about 8,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and 12 air defense missiles as part of Ottawa's latest military aid to Kyiv, the Canadian defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
The country will also donate more than 1,800 rounds of 105mm tank training ammunition, to support the donation of Leopard 1 tanks announced by Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, said Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand.
Canada has already announced it is donating eight Leopard 2 main battle tanks, which are expected to be in Ukraine in the coming weeks, the defence minister said.
“Canada stands firm with Ukraine in the fight against Russia’s illegal and unjustifiable war. We are strengthening our collaboration with our Allies and partners and are continuing to respond to Ukraine’s military needs with comprehensive military aid. We will continue to do whatever it takes to safeguard freedom, democracy, and the rules-based international order", the Defence Minister said.
According to IANS, since February 2022, Canada has committed other military assistance donations to Ukraine, including more than 200 Senator commercial pattern armoured vehicles, a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System with associated munitions, 39 armoured combat support vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.
Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel are currently deployed to both the UK and Poland to assist with training members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under Operation UNIFIER, Canada's military training and capacity-building mission in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Since the start of Operation UNIFIER in 2015, the CAF has trained more than 35,000 members of the Security Forces of Ukraine, according to the Canadian Defence Ministry.
The CAF has trained more than 35,000 members of the Security Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of Operation UNIFIER in 2015.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government has committed over $730 million in military aid to Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion last year.