Canadian aid to Ukraine in the amount of $500 million

The Prime Minister of Canada announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in support of this country. Canada, in unison with other Western countries, from the very beginning of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, has always provided extensive military assistance to Kyiv.

Russia emphasizes that sending Western weapons to Ukraine will only prolong the conflict in that country and will have unpredictable consequences. According to the AAA news agency, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday, after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, announced the transfer of another $500 million for the military needs of this country.

Trudeau, speaking in the Parliament of Ukraine, said: "Ukraine's resistance is carried out in the name of the future of all of us." On the other hand, against the backdrop of Trudeau's visit to Kyiv, the Canadian Foreign Minister said that a Russian cargo An-124 had been arrested at the Toronto airport.

These measures are the first seizure of Russian property by Canada in order to put pressure on Moscow.In this regard, the United States on Friday allocated $2 billion 100 million to Kyiv, including loans for air defense and ammunition.On the other hand, a Polish newspaper wrote that several boxes of ammunition were stolen from a train that was moving towards Ukraine and stopped in Poland.

According to the newspaper Wyborcza, this military cargo with ammunition and equipment belonged to the US Army and was guarded by NATO soldiers.

According to another report, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, in reaction to the proposal of the former NATO Secretary General to send forces of this bloc to Ukraine to fight Russia, said: "If European countries send their soldiers to war in Ukraine, they can become a target for Moscow".

The day before, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that there is a possibility that a group of NATO member countries will send their troops to Ukraine to fight Russia.

He said that if NATO member countries do not give tangible security guarantees to Kiev at the upcoming Lithuanian summit, it is possible that a group of member countries will want to send their ground forces to war with Russia.

The head of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, refuting these statements by the NATO Secretary General, said: "Not a single country has expressed its desire to participate in this conflict and send its troops, and I have not heard anything about this project."