Canada is providing $60 million to Ukraine to support the future F-16 fleet. The money will be used to purchase spare parts, weapons stations, avionics and ammunition, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair has announced a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Ukrinform reports.
"Canada will make a new contribution of $60 million to the Air Force Capacity Building Coalition of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group," the Defence Ministry said.
The funds will be used to support the future Ukrainian fleet of F-16s, namely the purchase of spare parts, weapons stations, avionics and ammunition.
The Ministry of Defence of Canada also noted that last month the country promised to send civilian instructors and aircraft to train Ukrainian pilots.