Canada announced it will contribute to the UK-led partnership providing “high priority” air defense equipment to Ukraine
While in the United Kingdom to visit a camp where Canadian soldiers train Ukrainian soldiers, the Minister of National Defense, Bill Blair, indicated that Canada will make a contribution of $33 million to this partnership.
The donation is part of the $500 million in funding for military aid to Ukraine announced in kyiv by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in June 2023, underlines the press release published on Sunday.
In June, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and the United States created a partnership to deliver several hundred short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine.
These missiles should help Ukrainian forces protect themselves from Russian fire and drones.
For a little over a year, some 170 Canadian Armed Forces members have been deployed to Lydd training camp to provide training to approximately 2,600 Ukrainian recruits in weapons handling, patrol operations and first aid. on a battlefield.
Canada has given $8 billion in aid to Ukraine over the past 18 months, including $1.8 billion in military aid, including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles, drone cameras and clothing. winter.
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