2nd Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Master Bombardier Art Fleming, from Chance Harbour, N.B., checks the sights on a M777 155mm howitzer at the forward operating base in Sperwingar, Afghanistan on April 22, 2007.
Canada has signalled it’s prepared to get behind a Czech Republic initiative to ship tens of thousands of artillery shells from different countries to Ukraine on an urgent basis. Canada has signalled it's prepared to get behind a Czech Republic initiative to ship tens of thousands of artillery shells from different countries to Ukraine on an urgent basis.
"I've entered into the memorandum of understanding with one of our European allies, the Czech Republic, with respect to perhaps acquiring munitions that they currently have in their possession that will enable us to ... make them available more rapidly to Ukraine as we ramp up our own production," Blair said Monday after announcing that Canada will contribute hundreds of drones to the Ukrainian military.
Defence sources say the federal government's hesitation about boosting munitions manufacturing relates in part to the projected $400 million investment needed to build additional production lines. A Ukrainian soldier fires during battle in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Czech Republic President Petr Pavel arrives to meet French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 in Paris.
At the time, the EU's foreign policy representative Josep Borrell specifically cited South Korea as one potential munitions source.
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