Conflict & Security
Ukraine gets $260m Canada air defence pledge
Canada announced CAN$350 million, or US$260 million, to strengthen Ukraine's air defences as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Calgary on Thursday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the support alongside Zelensky and said Canada and Ukraine had also reached a drone production deal. The leaders signed a separate agreement pledging to conclude a “hundred-year partnership.”
Carney said Canada would also provide CAN$450 million in loan guarantees to support Ukraine's energy supply. He said the money would help repair damaged infrastructure, increase storage capacity and improve power supply to hospitals, with the aim of helping Ukrainians through winter.
Zelensky said the agreements would help protect Ukraine's skies as Russia's war continues. On the drone deal, he said 30 percent of the drones would go immediately to Ukraine's battlefield needs.
Asked about possible negotiations to ease the fighting, Zelensky said he did not expect substantive talks during Russia's ongoing election period. He said he planned to meet US President Donald Trump in New York in late September, likely on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as Washington tries to revive long-stalled talks to end the war.
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Canada and Ukraine reached a drone production deal alongside the air defence and energy support package.
Zelensky said 30 percent of the drones would go immediately to Ukraine's battlefield needs.
Carney and Zelensky signed a separate deal pledging to conclude a “hundred-year partnership.”
Zelensky said he did not expect substantive talks during Russia's ongoing election period.
Zelensky said he planned to meet US President Donald Trump in New York in late September, likely around the UN General Assembly.
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 19:02:43 UTC.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada and Ukraine finalized an agreement to deliver air defence interceptors through the United States Jumpstart mechanism.
Carney put the air defence interceptor agreement at CAN$350 million, or US$260 million.
Carney said Canada would provide an additional CAN$450 million in loan guarantees to repair energy infrastructure and power hospitals.
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 17:55:50 UTC.
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Canada announced new air defence and energy support for Ukraine.
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 17:44:09 UTC.
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Canada and Ukraine's leaders signed a pledge to reach a hundred-year partnership.
The talks were held in Calgary, Alberta.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said: "Canada will always be with you."
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 17:41:48 UTC.
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Canada and Ukraine pledged to seal a "hundred-year partnership".
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 17:31:14 UTC.
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Volodymyr Zelensky said Canada is providing Ukraine additional air defence support.
Mark Carney said Canada had provided Ukraine CAN$26 billion, or US$19 billion, in support and would provide more help.
Source note: AFP news report published on 10 September 2026 at 16:33:27 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
No final date or agenda was confirmed for Zelensky's planned meeting with Trump in New York.
Source
AFP news report published on .