Canada has delivered a new military aid package to Ukraine including 25 M113 armored personnel carriers and approximately 75,000 spare parts from Canadian Armed Forces surplus stocks, according to an update on Canada's military assistance webpage published in November.
The shipment, sent on 16 October, also includes 125 AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile components and 38 LAU-7A launch rails. The LAU-7 launcher systems can be adapted and upgraded to carry and launch additional munitions similar in size to the AIM-9 Sidewinder, including AIM-132 ASRAAM and IRIS-T missiles.
Canada is providing an additional $30 million for winter equipment, the update states. The winter gear package comprises 34,231 sleeping bags, 51,679 winter jackets, 9,302 units of thermal clothing, 22,502 pairs of military-style winter boots, and 78,351 pairs of wet weather winter boots.
Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Canadian aircraft have assisted with delivering Ukraine-bound military aid from Canada and allied nations. "Since March 2022, the amount of aid delivered by Air Mobility Detachment - Prestwick, has totaled over twenty-five million pounds," according to the Canadian government's operational support page.
Operation UNIFIER, Canada's military training mission in support of Ukraine, was launched in 2015 at Ukraine's request and was expanded and extended until March 2026 in 2023.
"Since the start of Op UNIFIER, the CAF has trained more than 45,000 Ukrainian military and security personnel in battlefield tactics and advanced military skills," the update reports.
Canadian Armed Forces members are currently deployed in various roles including "the provision and coordination of training, national command support, and the facilitation and delivery of military donations to Ukraine in coordination with Allies and Partners."
From April to July 2022, CAF personnel provided assistance to Ukrainian refugees at reception centers in Warsaw operated by the Polish Territorial Defence Force, helping thousands with administrative support, limited medical care, mental health supports, and spiritual services.
