Canada pledges to help Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the continuation of their long-term cooperation program. The two leaders had a telephone conversation on Monday, at the end of which the head of the Canadian government pledged to support “Ukraine for as long as it takes”.
“Canada will continue to provide them with military, humanitarian and financial assistance”, assured Mr. Trudeau in a tweet. During his daily televised address, the Ukrainian president, for his part, welcomed, on Monday evening, the program “long-term defense cooperation between Ukraine and Canada”.
“Canada has already started confiscating Russian assets”Mr. Zelensky said, adding: “It is a significant example for all the other countries in the world. »
Canada has already trained more than 36,000 Ukrainian soldiers since September 2015, and this mission has been extended until March 2025. The country announced in March that its mission to train Ukrainian engineers was extended until October and made part of his decision to provide training in combat medicine.
In mid-April, the eight Leopard 2 tanks promised by Ottawa to kyiv arrived in Poland. These 55-ton machines are one of the key components of the Canadian arsenal, and are among its most advanced equipment.