{"id":1500886,"date":"2022-06-02T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500886"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:45:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:45:46","slug":"canada-prepared-to-purchase-up-to-500m-in-arms-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-prepared-to-purchase-up-to-500m-in-arms-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Prepared to Purchase Up to $500M in Arms for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanada-prepared-to-purchase-up-to-500m-in-arms-for-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1500886&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Canada is reportedly in talks with South Korea to purchase 100,000 artillery shells for Ukraine at a potential cost of $500 million to help the nation fight off their Russian invaders. Canada is one of many countries around the world that have delivered weapons to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Canada, which has already provided <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-house-approves-40-billion-for-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> with military equipment, is reportedly working to purchase artillery shells from South Korea, which will then be sent to the Eastern European nation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Monday, <em>The Korea Herald<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20220530000648\">reported<\/a> that Canada had recently asked South Korea for 100,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery ammunition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>While formal proceedings have not yet begun, South Korea has started reviewing whether Canada&#8217;s request is feasible, and has come up with a number of possible solutions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In one scenario, the South Korean military would send its ammunition stocks to the Poongsan Corporation, who would then send the shells on to Canada, potentially at a lower than normal price.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Poongsan would then be paid by the Canadian government, and produce 100,000 additional shells for the South Korean military.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>As the <em>Ottawa Citizen<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/national\/defence-watch\/canada-is-in-discussions-to-buy-100000-artillery-shells-for-ukraine\">reports<\/a>, the deal could cost Canadian taxpayers up to $500 million.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Canada has already provided Ukraine with the artillery guns that can fire the 155 mm ammunition, and recently announced that it would be spending $98 million to buy 20,000 similar rounds from the US. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Canada has been a staunch ally of Ukraine since day one of the invasion, and has sent a variety of equipment and aid to the nation, including anti-tank systems, grenades, rifles, machine guns, and medical supplies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Other NATO nations have followed suit, sending weapons to Ukraine as its military and citizens continue to fight against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/trudeau-makes-unannounced-visit-to-ukraine\">Trudeau<\/a> government has also worked at a humanitarian level, providing assistance to Ukrainians within their own nation, as well as opening a pathway to resettle refugees in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada is reportedly in talks with South Korea to purchase 100,000 artillery shells for Ukraine at a potential cost of $500 million to help the nation fight off their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1500886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1500886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1500886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1500886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1500886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}