Canada ⁠has agreed to a C$350 million (US$254 million) aid package for Kyiv to acquire air defence interceptors, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Kyiv is ‌running critically low on US-made Patriot interceptors capable of stopping Russia’s ballistic missiles at a time when Moscow is stepping up its attacks.“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 C$350 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.A man peers from his apartment in a damaged residential building following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Photo: APThe weapons will be provided through a US programme ‌that allows third-party nations to quickly buy and supply weapons such as Patriot missiles to ‌Ukraine.