Canada will hand over additional Leopard tanks to Ukraine and impose sanctions against the Russian Federation - Trudeau

According to Canadian Prime Minister, Ottawa will continue to support Kiev, no matter what. Since the beginning of the war, assistance in various areas worth $ 7. 3 billion has been allocated. Canada is about to transfer additional military assistance to Ukraine in the form of Leopard 2 tanks, as well as new restrictions on the Russian Federation. This was stated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a speech before Parliament on September 22.

According to him, a new military aid package will be worth $ 650 million ($ 482 million - ed. ). There will be several additional Leopard 2 tanks, but their exact number is not specified. In this case, the selection will occur in the next 3 years. The assistance was announced as part of the visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who for the first time during a full -scale war visited Canada together with the first Lady Elena Zelenskaya.

It was noted that since January 2022, Canada has allocated military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine for $ 7. 3 billion. Ottawa is going to announce new sanctions against the Russian Federation, but no additional details have been made. In Canada, where the Ukrainian president arrived on September 22, he has a number of meetings, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Politicians planned to discuss defense cooperation and implementation of the Ukrainian "Peace Formula".

"Meeting with the Governor-General of Canada, Parliament speech, communication with parliamentarians, Canadian community: business representatives, opinions, Ukrainian society. It will be meaningful. It will be meaningful. Canada is grateful for fundamental leadership support," the Head of State said. We will remind, on September 21, in Canada announced the meeting of Justin Trudeau with Vladimir Zelensky in Ottawa.