Anand meets with Ukraine's defence minister as country braces for possible invasion

Defence Minister Anita Anand got an updated assessment of Ukraine’s military needs during a meeting with the embattled country’s defence minister Monday.

And while neither Ukraine nor the federal government is saying exactly what Oleksii Reznikov asked of Canada — over and above the package of non-lethal equipment promised by Ottawa last week — there was an air of urgency to their in-person meeting as western nations and the Ukrainian government continue to disagree publicly over whether Russian military action is imminent.

Global Affairs Canada announced Sunday it was pulling all non-essential staff out of the Canadian embassy in Kyiv.

In Kyiv Monday for a