 Canada to send thousands of assault rifles and millions of cartridges to Ukraine. Canada has announced additional military aid to Ukraine, which includes the transfer of thousands of assault rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition. This was reported by Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand. She reported that it is about additional military aid from the Colt Canada Company to Ukraine. We are sending 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns and over 2.4 million rounds of ammunition. These weapons will help Ukraine defend itself and our shared values, Anand said on Twitter. Besides Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced additional sanctions against Russia and Belarus due to the aggression against Ukraine. We announced additional sanctions against 11 Russian individuals and 34 legal entities, including security facilities associated with the Wagner Group, the Canadian Prime Minister said. In addition to putting further pressure on Putin's henchmen in Belarus, we are announcing additional sanctions against nine entities linked to the Belarusian financial sector, he added. The sanctions list posted on the Canadian government's website includes, among others, Concord Management and Consulting, owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group. Leader of Tartistan Rustam Minikhanov, his wife and Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov were subjected to individual sanctions.