Canada has exhausted the weapons it can provide to Ukraine, says Defence Minister Anita Anand. “I believe that we have exhausted inventory from the Canadian Armed Forces to the extent that we are able to provide weapons,” Anand told host Vassy Kapelos on CBC’s Power & Politics on March 16. “There are capacity issues that we need to make sure we are on top of for the purposes of ensuring the Canadian Armed Forces is well resourced.” Anand made the comments while in Brussels attending a meeting of NATO defence ministers. So far Canada has provided military equipment to Ukraine to the tune of $82.8 million according to the Department of National Defence (DND). The lethal aid includes 4,500 M72 rocket launchers, 7,500 hand grenades, 100 Carl Gustav anti-tank recoilless rifles with 2,000 rounds of ammunition, machine guns, pistols, and carbines with 1.5 million rounds of ammunition. Many other countries …
Canada Unable to Provide More Weapons to Ukraine as Inventory ‘Exhausted’: Defence Minister
March 17, 2022
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