Anita Anand, Minister of National Defence, holds a media availability on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 13, 2022. Anand says the federal government will provide 200 armoured vehicles to the Ukrainian military. Anand announced the contribution during a visit to Kyiv today, where the minister also met her Ukrainian counterpart. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Anita Anand says the federal government will provide 200 armoured vehicles to the Ukrainian military.
Anand announced the contribution during a visit to Kyiv today, where the minister also met her Ukrainian counterpart.
The vehicles are being purchased from Roshel, a company based in Mississauga, Ont., at a cost of $90 million.
Canada had sent eight of the company’s Senator armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine last year in response to Russia’s invasion.
The vehicles are the latest contribution from Canada, after Anand announced last week that Ottawa will be providing an American-made air defence system to Ukraine at a cost of $406 million.
That announcement was met with some questions over why Canada was buying equipment for Ukraine from the United States, and why a similar system was not being provided to the Canadian military.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2023.
