Canada and Ukraine sign framework for 100-year partnership as Carney pledges drone support

Canada pledged drone production and air-defense support to Ukraine as Mark Carney hosted Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Calgary, where the leaders signed a framework for a hundred-year partnership.

• The leaders signed an agreement to work toward a hundred-year partnership covering defense, critical minerals, and energy cooperation, with terms to be negotiated in coming months.
• Canada announced a national drone market giving its military access to more than 400 Canadian suppliers, aiming to produce millions of drones over the next two years with one-third earmarked for Ukraine.
• Carney said Canada has finalized an interceptor missile agreement with the United States under the Jump Start mechanism.
• Zelenskyy said air defenses are Ukraine's top priority and that Kyiv expects to receive a system, including Patriot, THAAD, and F-16 capabilities, by the end of the year.

Latest developments

• Sep 11 — Canada has pledged 350 million Canadian dollars in air-defence support through the US-led Jump Start programme plus 450 million in loan guarantees for energy supplies.
• Sep 11 — Zelensky said a Ukrainian team will meet an American team in New York late this month to continue talks, following weekend visits to Kyiv and Moscow by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
• Sep 11 — A Russian strike on the city of Pavlohrad has killed seven people and wounded dozens of others.