Canada has agreed to a major aid package for Ukraine to acquire air defence interceptors, Prime Minister Mark Carney says after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Ukraine is running critically low on US-made Patriot interceptors capable of stopping Russia's ballistic missiles.
"As Russia escalates its barbaric aerial warfare indiscriminately targeting civilian populations, Ukraine's air defences are critical," Carney told reporters in Calgary.
"Earlier today Canada and Ukraine finalised an agreement to deliver critical air defence interceptors ... this $C350 million ($A353 million) equipment package will help protect Ukraine's people, infrastructure and skies," he said.
He did not give details of which interceptors would be delivered or when the aid would start flowing.
The weapons will be provided through a US program that allows third-party countries to quickly buy and supply weapons such as Patriot missiles to Ukraine.
"I thank you for this package. It's of (the) utmost importance, especially now," Zelenskiy said.
Canada, one of Ukraine's most vocal defenders, has committed more than $C25.5 billion in overall aid since Russia invaded in February 2022, including $C8.5 billion in military assistance.
Carney also said Canada aimed to ramp up drone production to be able to produce millions of units within the next two years.
A third of those would go to Ukraine, he said.
Zelenskiy said Ukraine needed more technology and funding to produce enough drones to fend off mass Russian attacks.
Canada is home to an estimated 1.3 to 1.4 million people of Ukrainian descent, forming one of the largest Ukrainian diasporas in the world.
As part of the deals signed on Thursday, Canada will provide nearly $C435 million in new loan guarantees to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support energy security in Ukraine, especially during the winter.
Regional Ukrainian governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on Thursday Russian forces deployed drones, artillery and aerial bombs in hitting five districts of Pavlohrad - known as a rail and logistics hub serving a coal-mining area with a pre-war population of about 120,000 - killing seven people.
A total of 76 people were injured, including several children, he said.
Photos posted online showed shattered shops and burned-out vehicles in the city, which has acted as a critical supply route for the Ukrainian military connecting central Ukraine to eastern front lines.
Zelenskiy said on Thursday there would be no trilateral meeting on how to end the war before general elections in Russia.
Zelenskiy said Ukrainian and US negotiators were in constant contact and he hoped for progress in talks on energy and grain at the end of September after his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
Russia will hold parliamentary elections on September 20.
