This year, Canada plans to provide Ukraine with a loan of 2.4 billion Canadian dollars ($1.8 billion). This money will help the Ukrainian government pay for social services, including medical care for internally displaced persons.. This is reported by the Canadian TV channel CBC..

The loan is provided for in the federal budget of Canada, submitted to Parliament. This loan will be sent to Ukraine through the International Monetary Fund.

The Canadian budget-2023 also provides for direct humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 84 million Canadian dollars (about $62 million). This money will go primarily to the provision of psychiatric care and demining.. Funding will come from the budget of the Canadian Department of the Interior.

In addition, the budget allocated 200 million Canadian dollars ($150 million) for military equipment.. However, in fact, these funds have already been spent on previously provided assistance, in particular, the provision of heavy tanks.

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Earlier it was reported that Canada decided to transfer eight Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine instead of four..