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Canada PM Justin Trudeau pays surprise visit to Ukraine; commits $500M more in military aid

By IBNS
Jun 12, 2023..

Ottawa/IBNS: During his suprise visit to Kyiv on Saturday, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $500 million more in Canadian military aid as Ukraine has stepped up its long-anticipated counteroffensive to drive Russia’s army out of occupied eastern and southern regions of the battered country.


Accompanied on the trip by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau, earlier in the day, met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Canada has committed over $8 billion in funding assistance to Ukraine since last year, said Trudeau, including over $1 billion in military aid, since the start of the Russian invasion early in 2022.

Offering no details on how the new funding would be spent, Trudeau indicated Canada would also extend its military training mission, known as Operation Unifier, until 2026 and offered to help train Ukrainian pilots, along with other countries, on the F-16 fighter aircraft.

Counteroffensive and defensive actions were underway, Zelenskyy said at a news conference alongside Trudeau, asserting his top commanders were positive as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line.

“I am in touch with our commanders in different directions every day,” he added, citing the names of five of Ukraine’s top military leaders. “Everyone is positive. Pass this on to Putin.”

On Saturday, Canada also committed $10 million in humanitarian aid and promised to redirect previously announced $37 million toward helping Ukraine manage and recover from the effects of the breach.

(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)

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