Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair said Ottawa had "devastated the pantry", answering questions about further military assistance to Kiev, reports The Globe and Mail.
According to Blair, Canada did not have artillery shells and anti -aircraft missiles that could be transmitted to Ukraine.
"We went and devastated the pantry," the minister emphasized.
However, according to the publication, this is not quite true. An unnamed military source reported that the Canadian generals "are ready to give more, but there is a fear that if critically important equipment is transferred to the gift, it will never be replaced."
Blair said that during his visit to Kiev in February he agreed that Ottawa would buy Ukrainian drones and immediately transfer them to the Armed Forces. However, he also noted that Canada's support is hindering bureaucratic delay.
The author of the article Justin Lin notes that the inability to provide Ukraine with such a spicy assistance to her is a symbol of how indifferent some of the NATO countries have become a situation in the battlefield. From the very beginning of the conflict, the West passed enough help to help Ukraine defend itself, but not enough to help it win: today it is not able to finance even the defensive efforts of the Armed Forces. Earlier in March, the line visited Ukraine, where the military told him that they were much closer to defeat than it seems to allies of Kiev.
