told Canadian Affairs<\/a> at a Ukrainian combat engineering facility in August 2025.<\/p>\nThis week, Carney also announced what his office described as significant new military commitments: about $2 billion in military assistance for Ukraine this fiscal year and 400 donated armoured vehicles.<\/p>\n
Canada is also contributing to multinational efforts to train Ukrainian pilots and maintain Ukraine\u2019s F-16 fighter aircraft.<\/p>\n
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Ukrainian combat engineering trainees set charges at a training facility in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, August 11, 2025 | Sam Forster<\/p>\n
Sanctions, oil cap, energy support<\/p>\n
Ottawa also unveiled new measures aimed at constraining Russian revenue and logistics, with a particular focus on oil exports and the shadow fleet of vessels used to move crude.<\/p>\n
The Department of National Defence said Canada will sanction 21 individuals and 53 entities and add 100 vessels to its sanctions list.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canada is lowering its price cap for Russian crude oil from US$47.60 to US$44.10 per barrel.<\/p>\n
The price cap is part of a G7-led mechanism that prohibits companies in participating countries from providing shipping, insurance and financial services for Russian oil sold above the capped price. The measure is designed to limit Moscow\u2019s energy revenues while keeping Russian crude flowing to global markets to avoid supply shocks.<\/p>\n
These new measures are intended to raise the cost of the war for Russia by targeting financial enablers, the department said.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters ahead of a Feb. 24 cabinet meeting, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said the anniversary is a mark of Western endurance. She described sanctions as part of a strategy to defend what she called \u201cthe international rules-based order that has kept us safe since the end of the Second World War.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRussia must be held accountable for the damage, destruction, and loss caused by its unprovoked aggression,\u201d Anand said in a separate government statement.<\/p>\n
Anand also announced an additional $20 million for the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, which will help procure and deliver equipment to repair and rebuild energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes.<\/p>\n
Since February 2022, Canada has committed more than $25.5 billion in overall aid to Ukraine, including $8.5 billion in military assistance, according to the Department of National Defence.<\/p>\n
Negotiations uncertain\u00a0<\/p>\n
As Ottawa adds new funding and extends its training mission, Canadian officials are aligning their messaging with a familiar two-track approach: press Russia economically while reinforcing Ukraine militarily, and support international diplomacy efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Munich, Rubio said the United States does not yet know whether Moscow is committed to a diplomatic resolution, or whether acceptable terms can be found for both Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know the Russians are serious about ending the war,\u201d Rubio said, adding that Washington would continue to test whether a \u201cjust and sustainable\u201d negotiated settlement is possible even as sanctions and arms support continue.<\/p>\n
One measure of skepticism can be found outside government. On Tuesday, Polymarket, the U.S.-based prediction market platform, showed bettors place the odds of a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire being reached before the end of 2026 at 39 per cent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ottawa, for its part, is using the war\u2019s four-year-mark to project inevitability rather than uncertainty.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe duration of this war is uncertain, the outcome is not,\u201d said the PMO.<\/p>\n
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