A serviceman of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attends a military exercise between combat missions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Monday.

The Canadian government is buying $200-million of military gear for Ukraine through a mechanism set up by Donald Trump and the NATO military alliance after the U.S. President signaled he wanted to reduce Washington’s contributions to Kyiv.

The Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) was developed by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Mr. Trump after the June NATO leaders’ summit in the Netherlands where the United States said it wanted other allies to shoulder far more of the burden of supporting Ukraine.

Kyiv has been fighting an all-out military assault from Moscow

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