Canada is becoming a member of a three-month-old partnership with a number of key allies to ship air defence missiles to Ukraine.
Defence Minister Invoice Blair is in the UK right this moment and introduced Canada’s $33 million contribution on a go to to Canadian troopers serving to prepare Ukrainian recruits at a military base within the southeast of England.
The cash comes from the $500 million fund Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced in June 2023 for navy help in Ukraine.
That very same month the U.Ok., Denmark, Netherlands and the US partnered to ship a whole lot of short- and medium-range air defence missiles to assist Ukraine defend itself in opposition to Russian missile and drone assaults.
For somewhat greater than a 12 months, Canadian Armed Forces personnel have run coaching programs on the U.Ok. coaching base for about 2,600 Ukrainian recruits in weapons dealing with, battlefield first assist and patrol techniques.
Canada has contributed $8 billion in assist to Ukraine during the last 12 months and a half, together with $1.8 billion in navy help for weapons, ammunition, navy autos, drone cameras and winter clothes.
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