Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, makes an announcement regarding additional SkyRanger R70 drone support to Ukraine in Toronto, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.
The federal government is donating more than 800 drones to help the war effort in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Monday. The federal government is donating more than 800 drones to help the war effort in Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Monday.
"The situation on the front line is extremely difficult in several areas, particularly where Russian forces have concentrated the majority of their reserves," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The minister said Ottawa has provided Ukraine with artillery shells from Canada's own stockpile. He added that the government is looking at ways for Canada to increase domestic production of munitions, though he cautioned that would "take time."
"We are pushing as hard as we can to get those systems delivered. The Americans themselves have run into political process challenges that they're working through, but that doesn't take away the urgency," Blair said.Roland Paris, a former foreign affairs adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said the delay in U.S. aid is "the biggest threat to Ukraine's defensive capabilities.
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