Canada to donate four more Leopard 2 tanks to APU. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the press service of the government reports..

Thus, the total number of tanks that Canada agreed to send increased to eight.. Ottawa will also give Kyiv an armored recovery vehicle and more than 5,000 155-mm shells..

In addition, the head of the Canadian government announced new sanctions against Russian individuals and companies involved in the invasion of Ukraine.. We are talking, in particular, about deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who voted for an illegal attempt to annex Ukrainian territories, members of the Russian government and the presidential administration.

Sanctions are also being imposed against seven Russian individuals and 50 defense enterprises, in particular those producing tanks, missiles and weapons systems.. It is forbidden to import, purchase Russian-made weapons and ammunition.

" The Ukrainians have been strong over the last 365 days, and as long as Russia continues its brutal war against Ukraine, Canada and Canadians will stand by the Ukrainian people for as long as necessary,"

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The Western press, we recall, previously reported that less than a quarter of the modern battle tanks that the West promised Ukraine would arrive in time to counter the expected spring offensive of the Russian Federation..