Overview

• Speaking alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Ukraine’s Independence Day, Mark Carney pledged enduring Canadian solidarity with Ukraine.
• Canada specified how the C$2 billion will be spent, including drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles, with initial deliveries expected next month and funding for joint drone production in Canada and Ukraine.
• Ottawa signaled it may join coalition-led security guarantees or European peacekeeping in a future deal, while noting Canada’s limited capacity for large troop deployments.
• Carney’s itinerary continues in Poland, Germany and Latvia to advance defence, critical minerals, nuclear and clean‑energy cooperation and to meet Canadian troops deployed under NATO’s Operation Reassurance.
• The tightly secured visit was conducted under a news blackout due to persistent Russian missile and drone threats to Kyiv.