Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to visit Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, one of the key bidders for a multibillion-dollar submarine contract, as his government ramps up defense spending.

Carney was in Kyiv as a guest of Zelenskyy to participate in Ukraine’s Independence Day. In a speech at a ceremony marking the holiday, Carney said in French that Ukraine is at a critical moment of the war, and that the support of the international community must intensify.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday to join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day. Carney’s war-zone debut underlines Canada’s role in the “coalition of the willing,