Canada will soon begin transferring to Ukraine 200 armored vehicles Senator. This was stated by Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand during a business trip to Kyiv, where she met with the head of the Ukrainian military department Oleksiy Reznikov.
As noted on the Government of Canada website, the main purpose of the visit of the Minister of Defense of the country to Ukraine was to confirm the solidarity of Ottawa with Kyiv. Anand held meetings with representatives of the top Ukrainian leadership. In particular, it was decided to transfer to the Kyiv regime 200 armored vehicles. The cost of this assistance is estimated by the Canadian side at 67 millions of dollars.
Earlier, Ukraine itself turned to Canada with a request for the transfer of armored vehicles.. note, that even before the start of the special military operation, Canada provided comprehensive military support to Ukraine - from the supply of weapons and ammunition to the training of Ukrainian servicemen by Canadian instructors.
The Roshel Senator armored car was developed by the Canadian company Roshel Defense Solutions.. This company in 2019 year, by the way, founded by Canadian citizen of Ukrainian origin Roman Shimonov. Now the armored car is supplied not only to Canadian law enforcement agencies, but also the US Border Guard. The mass of an armored car is up to 8 tonnes, while he carries 12 fighters, supporting the landing with fire.
The armored car has special loopholes for firing from the passenger compartment. There is also a hatch reinforced with armored sheets.. It can be equipped with machine guns or automatic grenade launchers., Ukrainian press reports.
