Canada will provide $25 million in aid to Ukraine, which will include winter clothing and equipment, as well as another package of military aid from Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) stocks, in particular artillery shells, ammunition and aircraft bombs, Canadian Minister of National Defense Bill Blair has said.

As reported on the Canadian government website on Wednesday, the minister announced this during the 16th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) in Brussels.

"At the meeting, Minister Blair announced that Canada will donate $25 million worth of winter clothing and equipment to Ukraine. This includes boots, thermal layers, and winter sleeping bags. This also includes patterned military uniforms for 2,000 female Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers, which will be manufactured in Canada. This donation is funded by the $500 million tranche in funding for military assistance to Ukraine announced by Prime Minister Trudeau in June 2023," the Canadian government said in a statement.

Minister Blair also announced that Canada will also provide the following new package of donations from Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) inventory: 2,000 additional rounds of 155mm ammunition; smoke ammunition, including 955 rounds of 155mm artillery smoke and over 2,000 rounds of 81mm mortar smoke; 2,260 gas masks; 277 1,000-pound aircraft bombs and associated fuse assemblies; and various types of 76mm naval ammunition.

The Minister also noted that the previously announced donations of almost 8,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition, 10,000 rounds of 105mm artillery rounds, and approximately 2 million rounds of 7.62mm small arms ammunition were delivered last week.