“Canada will allocate 300 million dollars of military aid to UkraineCanada will allocate 440 million Canadian dollars for new military aid to Ukraine. The funds will be used for ammunition, drones and winter equipment for the Armed Forces.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that following the results of the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the Rammstein format on January 9, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair announced that 200 million Canadian dollars will be directed to the Czech initiative for the purchase and delivery of ammunition to Ukraine.
Shells remain one of Ukraine’s key priorities
According to the press service of the Government of Canada, another 50 million Canadian dollars will be used to purchase various ammunition from Canadian manufacturers.
The department also promised to allocate 100 million Canadian dollars for the Danish model to support the production of drones by the Ukrainian defense industry.
Drones have become critical in this conflict, and Ukraine’s defense industry thrives on innovation and experimentation in this field
Another 30 million will be allocated for winter equipment, including sleeping bags, winter boots and thermal layers for the Ukrainian military. Several tranches of this aid have already been delivered to Ukraine in December 2024.
The aid announced today is part of the $500 million in additional military aid to Ukraine announced at the 2024 NATO summit and $1.6 billion in the 2024 budget. Thus, the total cost of Canadian military aid after the full-scale invasion of Russia reached $4.5 billion
In addition, Canada announced that it has already handed Ukraine drone cameras worth about $50 million, as well as several shipments of winter uniforms worth about $23 million.
The department added that in September 2024, Canada handed Ukraine more than 2,000 engines for CRV-7 air missiles, and in December last year – about 1,300 warheads for these missiles.
We will remind
Canada has extended the ban on 324 firearms models and is considering transferring them to Ukraine. Kyiv has already expressed interest in such support to combat Russian aggression.