MainNews -

Canadian Foreign Ministry: Ukraine can strike Russian territory with Canadian weapons

Canada did not mention any conditions when it handed over the weapons to Kyiv.

Canadian Foreign Ministry: Ukraine can strike Russian territory with Canadian weapons
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Melanie Joly
Photo: EPA/UPG

Ukraine can strike at Russian territory with weapons provided by Canada, as Ottawa has not voiced any conditions in this regard to Kyiv.

This statement was made at a press conference by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, RBC-Ukraine reports.

"We believe that this issue is very important. Minister (of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Tobias Billström - Ed.) and I had the opportunity to talk about it. After that, we are going to NATO and will certainly discuss this topic," Joly said.

The Canadian foreign minister said that her country believes that in this matter, it is necessary to focus on the future, because Russia has no ‘red lines’. 

"That's why we have to be sure that when it comes to protecting Ukraine, we are ready to help them and show that, despite what is happening, we are on their side. And there are no conditions for Canada to supply weapons to Ukraine, and so we will continue to work with the Ukrainian armed forces," Joly said.

Strikes on Russian territory with Western weapons. What is the position of the allies?

Read LB.ua news on social networks Facebook, Twitter and Telegram