Canada Moves Closer to Taking Over Russian Cargo Plane for Ukraine

An Air Canada flight lands in front of a Russian-registered Antonov AN-124 owned by Volga-Dneper at Pearson Airport in Toronto, on March 21, 2022. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

The federal government is moving closer to gaining full control over a massive Russian cargo plane parked in Toronto and hopes to use the proceeds to support Ukraine.

In June 2023, the federal government officially seized an aircraft that had been sitting on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport since February 2022.