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Looking back at the situation from 2014 onward. I'm somewhat ashamed that Canada failed to release the promised 2014 engagement in a timely manner, only materializing it months after it was promised (and only after it was pointed out by Ukraine). It is clear that Ukraine needed every single day to prepare efficiently. No doubt those delay impact Ukraine ability to defend themselves probably even to these day as every single equipment we were sending them or that they were able to buy themselves with the aid and every hours of training they were able to experience, we know now were absolutely critical.

It also shed a more sinister light on Trump withholding of military aid to Ukraine in 2019 for political gain, with hindsight we can literally say (and not just suppose) that Trump toyed with Ukrainian lives for personal gain.