Justin Trudeau mentioned that Ottawa will also participate in the air exercises of the Ukrainian military.
Canada will give Ukraine a new $500 million military aid package. Ottawa will also participate in the aviation coalition, in particular, will participate in the aviation exercises of the Ukrainian military. This was announced on Saturday, June 10, by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a press conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Canada has given more than eight billion dollars and more than one billion dollars of military aid to Ukraine, the head of the Canadian government said.
“Our budget has been expanded to a two billion loan from the government of Ukraine to support Ukraine, reconstruction and reconstruction. We will provide $500 million in new funding for military aid,” he added.
According to him, Ottawa will provide Kyiv with 287 additional AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and 10,000 155mm shells.
Trudeau added that Canada will join a multinational effort to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 fighter jet.
“We in Canada will be part of an international training program to conduct training in the aircraft operations program. We will also participate in the Leopard tank control exercise initiative,” concluded the Prime Minister of Canada.
As previously reported, Canada will provide Ukraine with approximately five thousand machine guns, as well as AIM-9 anti-aircraft missiles.
The Prime Minister of Canada arrived in Kyiv
Source: korrespondent
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