The Royal Canadian Air Force military aircraft delivered light infantry weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Militarnyi informs with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The military cargo was delivered to the Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport by a C-17 military transport aircraft.

Canada handed over to Ukraine sniper rifles, automatic rifles, machine guns with optical sights, pistols.

In addition, Ukraine has received night vision, surveillance devices and military equipment.

“Thank our partners and friends for this important and timely decision! Special gratitude to the Minister of National Defense Anita Anand for her strong position on supporting Ukraine,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov said.

Ukraine continues cooperation with Canadian partners.

The military aid was sent to counter the aggression of the Russian Federation.

“We expect the arrival of other flights from Canada with defense weapons,” Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rostyslav Zamlinsky said.

Colonel Robert Foster, Defense Attaché at the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine, and Lieutenant General Pavlo Tkachuk, head of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, also met the plane with military assistance at the airport.

The cargo was delivered within the framework of the Technical Agreement between the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of Canada regarding military trainings in Ukraine.

It is the second aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force to arrive in Ukraine with military aid on board. The first arrived in early February. It is stated that Canada’s support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not stop. It is expected several more flights soon.