Canada is operating independently of NATO to provide additional military assistance that will help Ukraine defend itself from Russia. The aid comes as Ukraine battles pro-Russian insurgents in its eastern region, part of a conflict beginning with the annexation of Kyiv's Crimean peninsula that has triggered the worst dispute between the West and Moscow since the Cold War.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Globe and Mail: Canada to offer Ukraine military aid outside of NATO
Ukrainian servicemen fire mortar to pro-Russian separatists positions, at the village of Pisky near Donetsk airport on Dec. 5, 2014.
