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Canada is sending ammunition and missiles to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses

THE Canada will send about 8,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and a dozen missiles as part of Ottawa’s latest military aid to Kiev, Canada’s defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday (15/03).

Canada, Reuters reports, will also provide Ukraine with more than 1,800 rounds of ammunition for Leopard 1 tanks donated by Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

The prime minister Justin Trudeau is one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters and has donated more than C$1 billion ($730 million) in military aid to Kiev since its inception Russian invasion.

Canada has already announced it is donating eight Leopard 2 main battle tanks, which are expected to be in Ukraine in the coming weeks, the ministry said.

Source: News Beast

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