Defence minister expected to announce Canada is sending tanks to Ukraine
Canada is sending four combat-ready battle tanks to Ukraine "in the coming weeks," Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Thursday.
Anand, announcing this latest shipment of military aid to Ukraine, said that Canada will also be deploying “a number” of Canadian Armed Forces members to train Ukrainian soldiers with the skills they will need to operate this equipment. This comes after days of dodging questions about whether Canada would be joining other allied nations who have already responded to Ukraine's request for tanks., The Associated Press has reported. And, after Poland called on the German government to permit other countries–such as Canada–who have purchased these German-made military vehicles to follow suit, Berlin greenlit their re-export.
"It is very important that the free world is in full solidarity supporting Ukraine," Morawiecki said in an exclusive interview with CTV News Channel’s Power Play. "Modern tanks are very important, extremely important on this battlefield in Ukraine. So I do hope that Canada is going to be even more generous in Canadian supplies for Ukraine."The Canadian Armed Forces currently has 82 German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks, but they are in various states of serviceability.
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