Overview
- Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will provide C$350 million to buy interceptor missiles for Ukraine through the U.S. Jumpstart programme, a move reported on Thursday to plug urgent air‑defence shortfalls.
- Canada told Ukraine it will massively expand drone production over the next two years, commit one‑third of output to Kyiv and begin joint co‑production to deliver systems more quickly to the battlefield.
- Leaders signed a 100‑year partnership declaration and Canada signalled it will join the FREYJA European anti‑ballistic effort, a developing step that Ukraine says could yield an initial FREYJA system by year‑end if timelines hold.
- Ottawa is preparing targeted 'anti‑ballistic' sanctions to make it harder for Russia to produce ballistic missiles and also pledged nearly C$435 million in EBRD loan guarantees to shore up Ukraine’s energy security for winter.
- Allies are accelerating third‑party purchases, licensing and local production because U.S. Patriot interceptors and other Western stocks are limited, so industrial scaling and supply‑chain pressure are now central to NATO support plans.