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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO Defence Industry Forum in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2026. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Ukraine will receive a military aid package of nearly $1 billion from Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on July 7.
Carney made the announcement on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Turkey, while speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The aid package, worth $900 million, will include $475 million for ammunition and $400 million for 35 Canadian-made armoured vehicles, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Another $50 million will go toward unspecified “critical technology” and engineering equipment.
The PMO said the military aid package is part of a $2.8 billion commitment from the Canadian government for 2026.
Carney told Zelenskyy that Canada will support Ukraine in the “short, medium, and long term.”
“We’re going to talk about some very specific initiatives around air defence and continue to support through PURL and other initiatives, building on very constructive conversations we had at the G7 as G7 partners, and broadening out through NATO,” he added.
PURL is the acronym for NATO’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, a procurement system established last year. To meet its military needs, Ukraine identifies its priorities, then European countries and Canada buy the equipment from the United States.
Zelenskyy thanked Carney, saying Ukraine’s “biggest deficit” right now is its air defence systems.
“We’ve got the big package from Canada, we are thankful for this, and some parts are on the way also and thank you so much,” said Zelenskyy.
Carney in May announced a contribution of $270 million to PURL. The Canadian government reported earlier that it had contributed around $892 million to PURL as of late 2025.
Readouts from the two leaders’ offices said Carney and Zelenskyy also discussed Canada’s push to establish a Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Eight countries will serve as founding members, including Ukraine, Albania, Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Romania, and Turkey.
The Ukrainian side said Carney and Zelenskyy also discussed energy cooperation.
“Ukraine and Canada are currently working simultaneously on three projects, the details of which have not yet been disclosed,” Zelenskyy’s office said.
The two leaders addressed cooperation on drones, which follows the signing of an arrangement on drone production between Canada and Ukraine in late May. Ukraine has gained world class expertise in drone warfare during the conflict and will manufacture some systems in Canada.
Ukraine and Russia have traded significant strikes involving unmanned systems in recent days. Ukraine conducted a drone attack on July 6 against Russia’s largest oil refinery in Omsk, around 2,700 km from Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Meanwhile, Russia shot missiles and drones at Ukraine on July 6, killing at least 28 people. Ukraine was not able to intercept the ballistic missiles due to shortages of ammunition.
The conflict has been raging since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin before the NATO Summit in Turkey and said he believes the end of the war is near.
“This is one that I think we’re getting much closer than people realize. And President Putin wants it to end. I will tell you that very strongly,” Trump told reporters at the White House on July 6.
