What Canada pledged to Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam breach
A look back at the aid package announced by Canada's prime minister on 10 June 2023, two days before the covered date.
What had Ukraine's partners put on the table in the days after the Kakhovka Dam was breached? By 12 June 2023, one answer was Canada's: on 10 June, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $500 million military aid package for Ukraine, including 288 AIM-7 missiles.
The announcement also included a $10 million humanitarian aid package to help victims of the dam collapse.
The dam was breached in the early hours of 6 June 2023, causing extensive flooding along the lower Dnipro in Kherson Oblast. It had been under the control of the Russian military, which seized it in the early days of the Russian invasion. Many experts concluded that Russian forces likely blew up a segment of the dam to hinder the planned Ukrainian counter-offensive, and Ukraine specifically blamed Russia's 205th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. Russian authorities have denied the accusations.
The Canadian package therefore combined two tracks: military support for Ukraine and relief for people affected by the flooding.
