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What Canada pledged to Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam breach
Summary
A look back at the military and humanitarian aid package announced on 10 June 2023, days after the dam on the Dnipro was breached.
What did Canada offer Ukraine in the days after the Kakhovka Dam was breached? Looking back at 15 June 2023, the most recent related development in the public reports was an announcement made on 10 June 2023 by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau announced a $500 million military aid package for Ukraine. It included 288 AIM-7 missiles. He also announced a separate $10 million humanitarian aid package to help victims of the dam collapse.
The dam breach
The Kakhovka Dam was breached in the early hours of 6 June 2023, causing extensive flooding along the lower Dnipro in Kherson Oblast. The dam was under the control of the Russian military, which had seized it in the early days of the full-scale invasion.
Many experts later concluded that Russian forces likely blew up a segment of the dam to hinder the planned Ukrainian counter-offensive. Ukraine specifically blamed Russia's 205th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. Russian authorities have denied the accusations.
The Canadian announcement therefore combined two tracks: military support for Ukraine's forces and emergency help for people affected by the flooding.
