This is the first NASAMS system to be offered by Canada to Ukraine, said Ottawa, which estimated the value of this donation at 406 million Canadian dollars (282 million euros).
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced yesterday Tuesday the purchase of an anti-aircraft defense system from the United States that will then be donated to Ukraine.
This is the first NASAMS system to be offered by Canada to Ukraine, said Ottawa, which estimated the value of this donation at 406 million Canadian dollars (282 million euros). The announcement was made after a bilateral meeting between Mr. Trudeau and US President Joe Biden in Mexico.
The system to be donated is intended to counter Russia’s massive bombing of critical Ukrainian infrastructure.
“That’s the number one priority. That’s why Canada is buying an advanced surface-to-air missile system from the US to donate to Ukraine,” Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand summarized after talks with her Ukrainian counterpart.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately welcomed the gesture on Twitter, “thanking” Canada for “helping to protect our airwaves” and adding that the system being sent would provide “a shield to our cities and citizens”.
This air defense system is in addition to the armored vehicles, cannons, winter clothing and ammunition that Canada has sent to Ukraine to help it repel the Russian military invasion, which began on February 24, 2022.
Other countries have already sent US-made air defense systems to the Ukrainian military, including Norway, Spain, France, Germany and the US. The latter two countries also recently promised to send Patriot arrays, the most advanced integrated air defense systems in the US arsenal. Their development, however, according to experts, will only take place in months, given the need to train Ukrainian operators.
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