Canada will send heavy weapons to Ukraine, Trudeau says
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Trudeau said he has been in close contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canada is 'very responsive' to what his country needs amid the Russian invasion.
Canada will be sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as the country battles a new Russian offensive in the eastern Donbas region.
Speaking to reporters in Dalhousie, N.B., Trudeau said he has been in close contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Canada is “very responsive” to what his country needs amid a Russian invasion that has dragged on for a second month.
“Their most recent request from Canada is to help them with heavy artillery because that’s what the phase of the war is in right now,” Trudeau said.
“And Canada will be sending heavy artillery to Ukraine with more details to come in the coming days,” he added.
Canada, along with other NATO allies, has promised and already sent Ukraine military aid in the form of lethal and non-lethal weapons to help Kyiv fight Russia.
Russian forces are regrouping in the east after failing to capture a single major Ukrainian city when it began a widespread invasion on Feb. 24.
“Ukrainians have fought like heroes over the past number of months, and they’re not just fighting for Ukraine, they’re fighting for the values that underpin so many of our free democratic societies, which is why the world needs to continue to step up,” said Trudeau.
As the war rages on, the humanitarian crisis is worsening, with more than 4.9 million Ukrainians having fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries, according to the U.N. human rights agency (UNHCR). Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed in the war, Ukrainian officials say.
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