OTTAWA - Earlier this month, Canada announced a series of military equipment donations to Ukraine.
Over the coming months, Canada will ship 80,840 CRV-7 rocket motors and 1,300 warheads, which come on top of an earlier delivery of 2,160 CRV-7 rocket motors. The decommissioned motors were originally used by Canada's CF-18 fighters.
Canda is also donating decommissioned chassis from 29 M113s and 64 Coyote Light Armored Vehicles (LAV). The vehicles are considered surplus and are no longer in use in Canada.
Ottawa has decided to donate its old World War II-era pistols to Ukraine as well. Around 11,000 9mm Browning Hi-Power handguns, which are being replaced by newer C22 and C24 pistols (Sig Sauer P320s), were originally slated for destruction. Instead, Canada will send 10,500 of the legacy pistols to Kyiv. Delivery of the weapons is expected to begin in December.
The aid also includes 970 C6 machine guns, which are being pulled from a surplus inventory of 1,500 weapons. The Canadian military is currently taking delivery of 4,774 newer C6 machine guns.
Ukrainian fighter pilots recently arrived in Canada to take part in fighter-lead-in-training, which will help prepare them for flying F-16s donated by Western nations.
Ukrainian forces are also training on an initial set of 10 Canadian Armored Combat Support Vehicle ambulance variants that recently arrived in Europe. The vehicles will be transferred to Ukraine this month. Another 40 troop/cargo variants will be delivered next year.
Training on FLIR Skyranger R70 multi-mission drones donated by Canada is also scheduled to begin this month. Ottawa is providing more than 800 drones, valued at over CAD95 million ($70.1 million). The drones can carry payloads of up to 3.5 kilograms, including explosives.
In August, Canada delivered around CAD200,000 ($147,500) worth of IT equipment to support cyber operations in Ukraine.
Canada has provided more than CAD19.5 billion ($14.4 billion) in total aid to Ukraine since February 2022, including CAD4.5 billion ($3.3 billion) worth of military equipment.