Ukrainian military in the Lugansk region. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 5On the night of February 4, Canada sent a military transport aircraft with a new batch of non-lethal weapons to Ukraine on the night of February 4, the country's Ministry of Defense announced on Friday. «Unifier» … a Canadian Air Force C-177 Globemaster aircraft took off from Trenton Air Force Base with a cargo of non-lethal weapons,» the Canadian defense ministry said in a widespread message. The ministry stressed that Ottawa «firmly supports the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine.» Ukrainian sniper threatened to kill people in Donbas «This donation will help the security forces of Ukraine to further protect themselves from threats from Russia and its military build-up within and around (Ukrainian) territory,» the message says. The cargo sent to Ukraine, in particular, includes personal protective equipment, reconnaissance equipment and surveillance equipment. Earlier, Ottawa announced that the composition of the Unifier mission in Ukraine would eventually be increased from 200 to 400 people. Starting in 2014, NATO countries led by the United States have been supplying weapons to Ukraine and training its military, which directly violates the Minsk agreements and negatively affects the settlement in Donbass. In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, and Estonia participate in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. The United States supplied Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missile systems, patrol boats, sniper rifles and counter-battery radar stations, Great Britain — NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers, Turkey — Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. Ukraine and the UK signed a memorandum that provides for the joint design and construction of warships on the territory of the two countries and the construction of two bases for the Ukrainian Navy. to join NATO
