Ukrainian servicemen unload a consignment of military aid from the United States at Boryspil airport, 5 February 2022MOSCOW, 23 Feb. The Canadian Armed Forces have delivered a second batch of military aid to Ukraine, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said. Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an additional loan of 500 million Canadian dollars (approximately 390 million US dollars) to support the economic sustainability of Ukraine. He also announced a decision to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons worth CAD 7.8 million (US$ 6.1 million).Biden said the US will continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine «Today, our Canadian Forces carried out the second delivery of lethal military assistance to support our Ukrainian partners. Further Russian invasion of a sovereign state is absolutely unacceptable, and we will continue to support Ukraine as the country defends its sovereignty and independence «, Anand said on Twitter. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. Since 2014, the 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.
En ce moment charnière pour la sécurité de l'Ukraine, de l'Europe et du monde, le Canada fait sa part.
Nous autorisons le déploiement de jusqu'à 460 personnel de plus pour l'opération REASSURANCE, la mission du Canada de soutien aux mesures de dissuasion de l'OTAN en Europe. pic.twitter.com/vQPZ5kKLJl
— Anita Anand (@AnitaAnandMP) February 23, 2022 Alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly stated that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders . As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Allegations that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises . Russian President Vladimir Putin previously held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, later said that the Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation began returning troops to their places of deployment. The withdrawal of the military to the places of deployment after the exercises is a common practice, there is nothing new, the press secretary of President Peskov told reporters earlier when asked whether the withdrawal of troops means a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine. >
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced the receipt of $1.5 billion in military aidPosted by: Daria Buimova