{"id":18007,"date":"2025-02-24T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/canada-pledges-5b-in-seized-russian-assets-for-ukraine-on-war-anniversary-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:47:50","slug":"canada-pledges-5b-in-seized-russian-assets-for-ukraine-on-war-anniversary-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/canada-pledges-5b-in-seized-russian-assets-for-ukraine-on-war-anniversary-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada pledges $5B in seized Russian assets for Ukraine on war anniversary – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Canada will send $5 billion in aid to Ukraine<\/a> using funds from seized Russian<\/a> assets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday at a peace and security summit in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

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Trudeau and a dozen other world leaders are in the Ukrainian capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion, where support for Ukraine to end the war on its terms and with its territory intact remained strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a conflict Ukraine wanted, provoked or asked for in any way,\u201d Trudeau said at the summit table.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a war started for one reason and one reason only: Russia\u2018s desire to erase Ukrainian history and expand their empire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trudeau also pledged 25 additional light armoured vehicles for Ukraine and a grant to help with energy security as Russia attacks the country\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n

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Trudeau\u2019s remarks did not touch on Ukraine\u2019s possible membership in the NATO military alliance, which other leaders have been calling for at the ongoing summit.<\/p>\n

But he repeated his calls for Kyiv to have a direct role in negotiations for a possible end to the war, as European leaders express dismay at Washington holding talks with Moscow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot return to an era where might makes right,\u201d Trudeau said. \u201cWe must do everything in our power to enable Ukraine to secure a just and lasting peace, a peace that cannot be achieved without Ukrainians at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for starting the war, which started when Russian invaded Crimea following pro-democracy protests in 2014, followed by Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion, which started on this day three years ago.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the 25 new LAV III vehicles, Trudeau is pledging two armoured combat-support vehicles for Ukrainian troops, who will be trained in Germany \u201cshortly\u201d to use the machines.<\/p>\n

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He says Canada will provide four F-16 flight simulators in addition to systems for the fighter jet that were recently delivered to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The new $5 billion in funds is the first instalment of revenues from frozen Russian assets, after years of Ottawa promising to forfeit holdings associated with Russia\u2019s government and its oligarchs. Canada has been pushing Europeans to forfeit Russian funds held in frozen European accounts, or at least the interest accrued since the full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

Trudeau says Canada will continue training Ukrainian troops, so that Russia will not be allowed to end the world order that upheld sovereignty for many countries for decades.<\/p>\n