Trudeau to chair cabinet committee on Ukraine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to chair a meeting of the incident response group, a cabinet committee, on the situation in Ukraine today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says the equipment includes helmets, body armour, gas masks and night-vision gear.

The first military flight carrying the equipment was expected to leave for Europe today.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to chair a meeting of the incident response group, a cabinet committee, on the situation in Ukraine today.

He was also expected to participate in a meeting hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden along with leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and NATO, to discuss the situation.