Canada Has Sent Heavy Artillery and Ammunition to Ukraine

Soldiers with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery B Troop move their M777 155mm Howitzer at the forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan April 15, 2007. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Canada has sent a number of M777 howitzers and ammunition from the Canadian Armed Forces to the Security Forces of Ukraine, fulfilling the prime minister’s promise to send heavy artillery to the embattled country.

In a news release Friday, the federal government said it’s also provided a “significant number” of Carl Gustaf anti-armour ammunition.