The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau is in Kyiv 🇨🇦🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/I5UGTU7Mae
— Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) June 10, 2023
⚡Сanada supports Ukraine becoming NATO member ‘as soon as conditions allow.’
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 10, 2023
The joint statement of President Zelensky and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau says that Canada supports Ukraine in becoming a NATO member "as soon as the conditions allow for it."
During his visit to Ukraine Trudeau announced that Canada is allocating a new military aid package worth $500m. It will include 10,000 artillery shells, 287 additional missiles and 76 Roshel Senator armoured vehicles.
Canada will also hand over to Ukraine a confiscated Russian An-124 Ruslan aircraft. It landed at Toronto airport in the spring of 2022 and was immediately detained. "Today, thanks to legislation passed, we are confiscating this aircraft, which was owned by Russia, and starting the process of transferring it to Ukraine so that it is no longer used by Russia," the Canadian prime minister said.
In addition, Canada will join the number of countries that will train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.
