Canada's Trudeau, in Kyiv, announces military aid, addresses parliament

FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (not pictured) at the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

KYIV (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $500 million in new military aid for Ukraine during an unannounced trip to war-time Kyiv on Saturday, as Ukraine girds for a counteroffensive against Russian forces and grapples with regular air strikes.

Trudeau paid his respects at a memorial to Ukrainian soldiers killed fighting pro-Russian forces since 2014, met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and addressed Ukraine's parliament.