OTTAWA – Canada is sending another 200 armoured vehicles to help with the defence of Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced during a surprise visit to the embattled country on Wednesday.
The vehicles are being purchased from Roshel, a company based in Mississauga, Ont., at a cost of $90 million, and represent the latest contribution from Canada in response to Russia’s invasion last February.
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Ukraine’s interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash
The three main figures in Ukraine’s interior ministry have been killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, died alongside his first deputy minister and state secretary.
Fourteen people died when the helicopter came down in Brovary around 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT), including one child, authorities said.
There is no indication the crash was anything other than an accident.
