Canada, Ukraine sign 100-year defence pact — SkimNews
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- Carney signed a non-binding 100-year partnership with Zelensky covering defence, energy, technology, and trade, telling reporters 'Ukrainians helped build Canada, and Canadians will help rebuild Ukraine'
- Canada committed to sending Ukraine one-third of all drones manufactured domestically, including units produced through a new government marketplace meant to speed uncrewed-system delivery to the Canadian Armed Forces
- General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada and Ukrainian firm Green Tech Harvest will form a joint venture to produce uncrewed systems, following a similar May deal between Canada's Sentinel R&D and Ukraine's Airlogix
- Ottawa announced a $350-million air-defence interceptor package routed through the U.S. Joint Ukraine Multinational Program, plus more than $430-million in loan guarantees for Ukrainians to buy gas this winter
- Canada intends to join and support Ukraine's low-cost ballistic missile shield Freya, with Zelensky calling ballistic attacks 'the biggest threat and the biggest challenge for us'
- Carney said Ottawa is preparing new sanctions targeting Russia's anti-ballistic missile capabilities and is updating existing measures on Russian financial services and its shadow oil-tanker fleet
- Zelensky's Calgary announcement precedes his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York later this month, as Ukraine's NATO membership remains held back by U.S. officials as a bargaining chip in peace talks
Why it matters: Canada's fresh commitments stack $350 million in air-defence interceptors and more than $430 million in winter-gas loan guarantees on top of nearly $9 billion in military aid since 2022, giving Kyiv concrete cold-season backing while signalling to Moscow that allied pressure will deepen if peace talks collapse. The one-third drone pledge and intent to back the Freya shield also lock Canadian manufacturers into Ukraine's defence production pipeline well beyond the war.
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