Carney pledges $2B in military support for Ukraine, condemns Russia's 'barbarism'

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 17, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an further $2 cardinal successful subject support for Ukraine and condemned Russia's "barbarism" pursuing its deadliest attack this year on Kyiv overnight. 

Standing adjacent to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, up of a sideline gathering connected the last time of the G7 acme successful Alberta, Carney said that bundle volition see wealth for drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles.

Canada is besides promising a suite of sanctions targeting Russian individuals, entities contributing to the evasion of sanctions and 200 vessels, portion of what is often called Russia's "shadow fleet." The aging tankers are utilized to evade oil terms headdress sanctions.

He besides promised the "disbursement of a caller $2.3 cardinal indebtedness to Ukraine to assistance rebuild its infrastructure and nationalist systems."

"We underscore the value of utilizing maximum unit against Russia, who has refused to travel to the table," Carney said.

Barrage of missile, drone strikes targets Kyiv

The backing follows a deadly nighttime successful Ukraine's superior during which a barrage of Russian rocket and drone strikes deed Kyiv, sidesplitting astatine slightest a twelve people and injuring more.

Zelenskyy offered condolences to the families of the victims arsenic helium thanked Carney for the enactment and urged leaders to back Ukraine successful seeking an unconditional ceasefire and bid deal 

The warfare clip person had hoped to conscionable one-on-one with U.S. President Donald Trump to propulsion for harsher sanctions against Russia, but the remaining six leaders astatine the G7 are forging up contiguous aft helium near the acme aboriginal Monday night. 

Trump touched down successful Kananaskis, Alta. Sunday nighttime and was expected to stay until Tuesday for meetings with different planetary leaders. But the U.S. president near aft Monday night's household meal to woody with the escalating warfare betwixt Israel and Iran.

"I person to beryllium backmost early. I loved it. I archer you, I loved it. And I deliberation we got a batch done," Trump told reporters Monday evening.

"We had conscionable a truly large narration with everybody. It was truly nice. I privation I could enactment for tomorrow, but they understand — this is large stuff."

Trump not astatine the array today 

Trump's departure means helium volition miss clip with the non-G7 leaders attending the acme Tuesday, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The acme has pivoted to code the Middle East crisis, which continues to escalate as Israel pushes to extremity Iran's atomic program.

Speaking to reporters from Air Force One aft leaving Canada, Trump said helium was looking for a "real end, not a ceasefire, a existent end" to the conflict, predicting that Israel would not beryllium easing its attacks connected Iran.

"Remember, Iran cannot person a atomic weapons program," helium said.

WATCH | Trump says U.S. wants a 'real end' to Israel-Iran conflict: 

Prime Minister Mark Carney, seat of this year's acme successful Alberta, said helium "fully understands" wherefore Trump made an aboriginal exit and is "grateful for the president's presence."

The G7 leaders released a associated connection precocious Monday night, calling for a "de-escalation" of hostilities successful the Middle East.

The associated connection from the radical — made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S., on with the European Union — affirms Israel's close to support itself and recognizes Iran arsenic "the main root of determination instability and terror" but besides calls for immoderate benignant of "resolution."

"We impulse that the solution of the Iranian situation leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities successful the Middle East, including a ceasefire successful Gaza," work the statement, made nationalist aft a moving meal astatine the summit.

Zelenskyy, Sheinbaum and others meeting G7 leaders  

Trump's departure is apt a letdown for the leaders who travelled for the 2nd time of meetings successful Kananaskis and hoped to crook Trump's ear.

Sheinbaum made it wide she was making the travel northbound successful hopes of gathering with the president to speech tariffs.

Zelenskyy has been seeking Trump's enactment successful securing a bid woody with Russia. 

WATCH | Trump addresses determination to permission G7 acme early:

Carney's first meeting was with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, a Canadian whom Carney called "one of the astir experienced leaders successful the world." In beforehand of the cameras, Rutte heaped praise connected the national authorities for precocious promising to meet NATO's subject spending line by aboriginal adjacent year.

The 2 volition soon each different astatine adjacent week's NATO summit.  

Carney is expected to conscionable with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arsenic helium tests renewing ties with the planetary economical power. The arguable gathering comes conscionable months aft the RCMP accused Indian agents of orchestrating a run of unit connected Canadian soil, including acts of murder, extortion and coercion.

Nearly 2 years ago, then-prime curate Justin Trudeau announced Canada had grounds linking Indian agents to the Nijjar killing.

Other invitees astatine the array Tuesday see Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (this year's G20 chair), South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and World Bank President Ajay Banga.