Canada says Nato fully behind Ukraine through hard winter

Nato remains firmly committed to supporting Ukraine through a “difficult” winter, even though an end to the conflict with Russia remains out of sight, Qazet.az reports according to The Guardian.

“Russia isn’t at the negotiation table at all. And so our goal right now is just to reinforce Ukraine’s position on the ground through military aid, intelligence sharing and financial support,” said Mélanie Joly. “Because when we do that, we’re actually reinforcing their position at the negotiation table. There will be a diplomatic solution eventually. That’s been the case in every single conflict. But we’re not there yet.”

Despite reports that western allies are growing wary of continued and costly arms shipment. Joly said there was “strong support for Ukraine” ahead of the Nato summit.

She pointed to Canada’s pledge of $500m in new military aid to Ukraine, announced at the G20 summit in Jakarta.