Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced more aid for Ukraine on Sunday, with about $25 million worth of protective equipment, such as body armour and gas masks, set to be delivered to Ukraine. She said this came after a direct request from Ukraine's deputy prime minister.

The announcement comes just hours after Canada announced its airspace would be closed to Russian aircraft amid the ongoing invasion and conflict in Ukraine.

Defence Minister Anita Anand also again ruled out the possibility of a combat mission where military troops would be sent to fight in Ukraine. However, she said that the lethal aid previously sent to Ukraine has been delivered in full.

Canada also joined the U.S., European Union and the United Kingdom on Saturday in moving to block select Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system and to impose "restrictive measures" on its central bank.

The various sanctions and airspace restrictions follow a slew of announcements over the past week, including on Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada was placing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over invasion of Ukraine.

Trudeau also said that Canada will be placing sanctions on Belarus, targeting 57 individuals, for aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Canada will also support Russia’s removal from the SWIFT banking system, Trudeau said, to exclude Russia from making transactions around the world.

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