Canada to Send Ukraine 80K Unarmed Rockets

Canada's Minister of Defense Bill Blair gives a statement during a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on Sept. 6, 2024, at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, southwestern Germany. (Daniel Roland/AFP via Getty Images)

Friday, 06 September 2024 08:17 AM EDT ET

Canada plans to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets to Ukraine as well as 1,300 warheads in the coming months, Defense Minister Bill Blair said in a statement on Friday.

Canada announced an initial shipment of 2,160 unarmed CRV7 rockets in June. Each CRV7 rocket can be equipped with warheads designed variously to hit buildings, tanks or soldiers.

Canada will also donate chassis assemblies from 29 M113 armored personnel carriers and 64 Coyote armored cars, which the Canadian armed forces are no longer using, Blair said.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Canada has committed $3.3 billion in military aid.

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Canada plans to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets to Ukraine as well as 1,300 warheads in the coming months, Defense Minister Bill Blair said in a statement on Friday.
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