OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand used a visit to Ukraine on Wednesday to announce that Canada is sending another 200 armoured vehicles to help with t
The announcement was largely overshadowed by questions about whether Canada and its allies would acquiesce to Ukraine’s request for even heavier equipment: tanks.
“The vehicles also allow for the safe transportation of personnel and equipment and medical evacuations.” Reznikov also reiterated the need for main battle tanks, describing such heavy weaponry as critical to protecting the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and conducting counter-offensives against Russian forces.
That would include Canada, which has 112 Leopard 2s in several configurations in use by the Canadian Armed Forces. The tanks were acquired from Germany in 2007 during the height of the war in Afghanistan.
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