# Canada Gives Ukraine $2.2 Billion Lifeline as Kyiv Awaits US Aid
* Funding for 2024 will boost Kyiv’s military, economy
* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on Saturday
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By Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Daryna Krasnolutska
February 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM EST
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Canada will provide Ukraine C$3 billion ($2.2 billion) in aid this year to prop up the war-ravaged economy and boost its military as Kyiv looks for ways to hedge against a potential shortfall in US assistance.
The Canadian funding will help Ukraine’s government meet its balance of payments and budgetary needs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said in a statement. It will also contribute to a joint Western effort for sending tanks and, at some future point, fighter jets to Ukraine, as well as meet other military needs.
Ukraine is looking for ways to replenish dwindling military supplies as a vital $60 billion assistance package from the US remains blocked in Congress after many House Republicans opposed it, goaded by former President Donald Trump, the likely GOP nominee this year.
Read more: Ukraine Enters Third Year of War as Stalled US Aid Dims Outlook
Trudeau visited Ukraine on Saturday in a show of support where he spoke to the press alongside President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other leaders on a tarmac at Hostomel airport, one of the first places attacked by Russia two years ago.
“We will stand with Ukraine with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes,” he said in the statement.
Read more: Trudeau Sanctions More Russians as War’s Anniversary Nears
Trudeau and Zelenskiy also signed a security agreement aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.
The measure doesn’t include a commitment to fight directly on Ukraine’s behalf, but promises assistance in the post-war reconstruction and to help deter any future Russian aggression.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was in Kyiv along with Trudeau, also signed a security pact with Ukraine, while France and Germany last week concluded separate long-term deals aimed at deterring Russia. The Dutch government said Friday it also would sign its own agreement with Kyiv soon.
Read more: Ukraine Gets Long-Term German and French Security Guarantees
— With assistance from Laura Dhillon Kane
Can’t trust those fucking MAGA Americans.
Thank god the right wing haven’t taken over this country….yet
Well done Canada! 🫡
Thank the gods for Canada (and of course the amazing British) in holding up the Anglosphere’s support for Ukraine!
The rest of us are deeply ashamed.
THANK YOU, Canada!! 🇨🇦 We’re doing all we can here in the USA to get the GOP criminal syndicate to budge. If not, we’ll vote the peckerheads out in November.
TY Canada.
Thank you Canada! Fuck you Trump/Putin loving Republicans!
There are too many problems we need to fix here before US Aid should be even considered to be sent there.
Although uproar has been increasing against squandering money on Ukraine, i believe it’ll pass very soon.
Not willing to borrow 60 billion for another foreign war. Healthcare and school choice are issues I’m interested in funding.
Now I see why PM Black face is quadrupling the carbon tax in April, since he has yet to even MEET the emission targets he agreed to years ago. Its a cash cow for him
Funny he did not have “the money to spare” for Canada’s own injured veterans. He only gives a shite on how he looks on a world stage, a classic wannabe.
Let the tolerant leftists now begin their attacks and anyone not in agreement with there ideologies.
Thats all you really are good for, lol.
REEEEEEE!!!!!
The least stupid place Trudipshit has spent my tax dollars.
Slava Ukraini. Fuck Russia
I would love to see a homeless US senator. I would love US senators to wear patches like NASCAR racers showing who owns them. I would love US senators to only get 2 weeks of vacation a year and actually have to work 40 hours a week. I would love US senators to get fired for missing too many votes. I would love the party of Eisenhower to remember the dangers of the military industrial complex. I would love the party of Reagan to remember the dangers of the Soviet Union. Slava Ukraine. Fuck the GOP.
Anyone familiar with the process in canada — do they have to pass a spending bill like in the US?
I’m glad to see my tax dollars finally being used for a worthwhile and absolutely vital cause. Fuck Russia, and fuck the GOP traitors for abandoning Ukraine, and the US for that matter.
Great news. Thank you, Canada. Doing the right thing.
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# Canada Gives Ukraine $2.2 Billion Lifeline as Kyiv Awaits US Aid
* Funding for 2024 will boost Kyiv’s military, economy
* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on Saturday
​
By Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Daryna Krasnolutska
February 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM EST
​
Canada will provide Ukraine C$3 billion ($2.2 billion) in aid this year to prop up the war-ravaged economy and boost its military as Kyiv looks for ways to hedge against a potential shortfall in US assistance.
The Canadian funding will help Ukraine’s government meet its balance of payments and budgetary needs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said in a statement. It will also contribute to a joint Western effort for sending tanks and, at some future point, fighter jets to Ukraine, as well as meet other military needs.
Ukraine is looking for ways to replenish dwindling military supplies as a vital $60 billion assistance package from the US remains blocked in Congress after many House Republicans opposed it, goaded by former President Donald Trump, the likely GOP nominee this year.
Read more: Ukraine Enters Third Year of War as Stalled US Aid Dims Outlook
Trudeau visited Ukraine on Saturday in a show of support where he spoke to the press alongside President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other leaders on a tarmac at Hostomel airport, one of the first places attacked by Russia two years ago.
“We will stand with Ukraine with whatever it takes, for as long as it takes,” he said in the statement.
Read more: Trudeau Sanctions More Russians as War’s Anniversary Nears
Trudeau and Zelenskiy also signed a security agreement aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.
The measure doesn’t include a commitment to fight directly on Ukraine’s behalf, but promises assistance in the post-war reconstruction and to help deter any future Russian aggression.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was in Kyiv along with Trudeau, also signed a security pact with Ukraine, while France and Germany last week concluded separate long-term deals aimed at deterring Russia. The Dutch government said Friday it also would sign its own agreement with Kyiv soon.
Read more: Ukraine Gets Long-Term German and French Security Guarantees
— With assistance from Laura Dhillon Kane
Can’t trust those fucking MAGA Americans.
Thank god the right wing haven’t taken over this country….yet
Well done Canada! 🫡
Thank the gods for Canada (and of course the amazing British) in holding up the Anglosphere’s support for Ukraine!
The rest of us are deeply ashamed.
THANK YOU, Canada!! 🇨🇦 We’re doing all we can here in the USA to get the GOP criminal syndicate to budge. If not, we’ll vote the peckerheads out in November.
TY Canada.
Thank you Canada! Fuck you Trump/Putin loving Republicans!
There are too many problems we need to fix here before US Aid should be even considered to be sent there.
Although uproar has been increasing against squandering money on Ukraine, i believe it’ll pass very soon.
Not willing to borrow 60 billion for another foreign war. Healthcare and school choice are issues I’m interested in funding.
Now I see why PM Black face is quadrupling the carbon tax in April, since he has yet to even MEET the emission targets he agreed to years ago. Its a cash cow for him
Funny he did not have “the money to spare” for Canada’s own injured veterans. He only gives a shite on how he looks on a world stage, a classic wannabe.
Let the tolerant leftists now begin their attacks and anyone not in agreement with there ideologies.
Thats all you really are good for, lol.
REEEEEEE!!!!!
The least stupid place Trudipshit has spent my tax dollars.
Slava Ukraini. Fuck Russia
I would love to see a homeless US senator. I would love US senators to wear patches like NASCAR racers showing who owns them. I would love US senators to only get 2 weeks of vacation a year and actually have to work 40 hours a week. I would love US senators to get fired for missing too many votes. I would love the party of Eisenhower to remember the dangers of the military industrial complex. I would love the party of Reagan to remember the dangers of the Soviet Union. Slava Ukraine. Fuck the GOP.
Anyone familiar with the process in canada — do they have to pass a spending bill like in the US?
I’m glad to see my tax dollars finally being used for a worthwhile and absolutely vital cause. Fuck Russia, and fuck the GOP traitors for abandoning Ukraine, and the US for that matter.
Great news. Thank you, Canada. Doing the right thing.