Canada Sending Anti-Tank Weapons to Ukraine, Trudeau Says

Canada Sending Anti-Tank Weapons to Ukraine, Trudeau Says
Canadian soldiers fire the Carl Gustav short-range anti-armoured weapon during a live-fire frontal assault exercise on a firing range during Operation REASSURANCE, in Cincu, Romania, on April 9, 2016. Corporal Guillaume Gagnon/CAF Combat Camera via Flickr
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Canada announced Monday it will send anti-tank weapons to bolster Ukraine and impose additional sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion.

At a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 28 attended by some of his cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada and its allies are not seeking to provoke or escalate tensions with Russia, which said it was putting its nuclear forces on high alert on Feb. 27.
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