The Liberal government has heard demands for weapons shipments both at home and in Kyiv, where Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wrapped up a second day of meetings Tuesday with senior Ukrainian officials, including her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
At the same time, Canadian military officers and diplomats are grappling with the challenges they would face if they had to evacuate military trainers and civilians in a hurry.
Unlike those of other allied nations, Canada's contingent of military trainers is spread out over 13 different locations in the western and central parts of Ukraine. Assembling them all for rapid evacuation could be difficult.