Flags of Canada in Ottawa. File photoWASHINGTON, May 24Canada will provide Ukraine with 20,000 NATO-caliber artillery shells as a new military aid package, Defense Minister Anita Anand said. «I can confirm that Canada has purchased over 20,000 155 mm NATO standard caliber artillery shells,» she said at a press conference. according to her, they are suitable for guns that Canada and its allies previously transferred to Ukraine, including M777 howitzers. «Work is already underway to get this aid to Ukraine as soon as possible,» Anand said. She said the Canadian military is also training Ukrainian colleagues in the handling of artillery pieces. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. 24.05.2022 InfographicView
