Canada announces delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine

Created: 04/20/2022, 00:13

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a special NATO summit in late March.

His country announces delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine.

© Markus Schreiber/AP/dpa

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises more artillery to help Ukraine fight Russian invasion.

New Brunswick - Canada plans to send heavy artillery to defend Ukraine against Russian attack.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in New Brunswick that this was a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Details of the weapons and their costs should therefore be presented in the coming days.

The United States had also announced that it would supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, including artillery.

The promised 18 field howitzers are to be handed over to Ukraine "very, very soon," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

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Trudeau also unveiled new sanctions against 14 other Russian allies of President Vladimir Putin, including his two adult daughters.

Your assets in Canada will be frozen and you will no longer be able to do business there.

In the past few days, the US and Great Britain had imposed similar sanctions.

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