On February 14, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair announced that the country would provide an additional 44 million USD to Ukraine to help Kiev in the fight against Russia, bringing the total value of commitments to Ukraine by the end of 2024 to more than 2 billion USD. .4 billion USD.
The above statement was made by Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair when he attended a conference with Defense Ministers of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries in Brussels, Belgium.
Previously, according to Canada’s Fall Economic Report, announced by Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland at the end of 2023, the total military aid forecast for Ukraine in the 2023-2024 fiscal year was forecast at 816 million USD.
According to this report, Canada’s aid to Ukraine will decrease by more than half, to 318 million USD in 2024, continue to decrease to 197 million USD in 2025 and decrease to zero in the following years.
To date, Canada has committed more than $2.4 billion in direct military aid to Ukraine since the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022, including many heavy weapons systems and ammunition. and military vehicles. The Canadian military has also trained thousands of Ukrainian soldiers.
In September 2023, Ukrainian President Zelensky also visited Canada.
