Ukraine is free to use Canadian-donated tanks and armored vehicles inside Russia.

The Department of National Defense stated this.

This also applies to the military operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kursk region.

“Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland, and we’re committed to supporting their capacity,” Andrée-Anne Poulin, a spokesperson for the defense department, said in a media statement.

She added that Canada placed no geographic restrictions on the use of military equipment transferred to Ukraine.

The publication notes that it’s not clear if any of the equipment Canada donated was in the hands of the Ukrainian brigades when they launched their operation in the Kursk region.

News footage captured by CNN along the Ukrainian border on Thursday showed a Canadian-made Senator patrol vehicle crossing into Russia.

Canada has donated eight Leopard 2A4 tanks, a few dozen armored combat support vehicles and hundreds of armored patrol vehicles (Roshel Senator armored vehicles – ed.), as well as a handful of M-777 howitzers.

Previously, Germany also stated that it was not against Ukraine’s use of German-made weapons on the territory of Russia.

According to German Defense Ministry spokesman Arne Collatz, once the weapons are transferred to Ukraine, they become the property of Ukraine.

Therefore, it can be used by Ukrainian troops as Kyiv sees fit.

The Bundeswehr does not question the legality of actions on Russian territory: International law provides for the possibility of conducting military operations on the territory of an aggressor country to protect one’s own state. Therefore, this does not imply any special conditions for the use of weapons provided by the Bundeswehr.