“ Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said during a press conference in Ottawa that Canada is ready to immediately hand over the An-124 cargo plane confiscated from Russia to Ukraine, as soon as the court gives permission to do so. Source: “Evropeyska Pravda” with reference to “Ukrinform” Details: It is about a plane that got stuck at the Toronto airport at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine. Anand emphasized that the main role in the legal process is played by the court, and from a legal point of view it is about confiscation of the aircraft as property. Direct language: “I do not want to draw premature conclusions regarding the decisions of independent judicial bodies, but in case of a positive conclusion for Canada regarding the confiscation, the plane will be transferred to Ukraine.” Details: She added that “at the beginning of the war, Russia destroyed a lot of aircraft in Ukraine, so this is, in a way, a renewal of the fleet.” According to Anand, the owner of the plane, the sub-sanctioned company “Volga-Dnepr”, “uses complex corporate structures, which require considerable time to untangle.” The minister noted that Canadian legislation allows confiscation of property by judicial and legislative methods. “While we are studying other methods of confiscation, we have decided to start a legal process. Is this the only way? No. Are we using all the means available to us? Yes,” she concluded.Backstory: Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in 2023 that his government would confiscate the An-124 transport aircraft of the Russian sub-sanctioned company “Volga-Dnepr” in Toronto and the beginning of the process of its transfer to Ukraine. In May 2025, it became known that the Canadian government had begun legal proceedings to confiscate the Russian An-124 Ruslan aircraft.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to “Ukrinform”
Details: It’s about the plane that got stuck at the Toronto airport at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Anand emphasized that the main role in the legal process is played by the court, and from a legal point of view it is about confiscation of the aircraft as property.
Direct speech: “I don’t want to draw premature conclusions regarding the decisions of independent judicial bodies, but in case of a positive conclusion for Canada regarding the confiscation, the plane will be transferred to Ukraine.”
Details: She added that “at the beginning of the war, Russia destroyed a lot of planes in Ukraine, so this is, in a way, a renewal of the fleet.”
According to Anand, the owner of the plane, the sub-sanctioned company “Volga-Dnepr”, “uses complex corporate structures, which require considerable time to untangle.”
The minister noted that Canadian legislation allows confiscation of property by judicial and legislative methods. “While we are studying other methods of confiscation, we have decided to start a legal process. Is this the only way? No. Are we using all the means available to us? Yes,” she concluded.
Prehistory:
- Back in 2023, the former Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, announced the confiscation by his government of the An-124 transport aircraft of the Russian sanctioned company “Volga-Dnepr” in Toronto and the beginning of the process of its transfer to Ukraine.
- In May 2025, it became known that the Canadian government had begun legal proceedings to confiscate the Russian An-124 Ruslan aircraft.