From Reuters:
“Canada to
help train Ukrainian recruits in United Kingdom”
(Canada's
Defence Minister Anita Anand speaks at a plenary session during the 19th
Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 12, 2022.)
Canada will
send up to 225 personnel to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian military
recruits, starting with the first troops next week, Canadian Defence Minister
Anita Anand said on Thursday. Ukraine has been forced to cede some territory in
the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the
NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war, which
began with Russia's invasion in February. read more
The Canadian
Armed Forces has trained more than 33,000 Ukrainian military and security
personnel since 2015, but paused aspects of the training effort since February.
"We have now entered a new and very dangerous phase of this conflict with
(Russia) engaging in a protracted attempt to inflict long-term damage on
Ukraine and its people," Anand said in Toronto. "I am therefore
announcing today that we are fulfilling our promise to resume large-scale
training." The deployment will last four months. Most of the soldiers will
come from 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in
Edmonton, Alberta. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, a group representing the
Ukrainian diaspora in Canada, welcomed Canada's resumption of training, saying
Canadian expertise will greatly benefit Ukraine.
The
Netherlands and New Zealand have also committed military trainers to the
U.K.-led mission. Canadian-led training, to take place at a military base in
southeast England, will include weapons handling, first aid and patrol tactics.
Last month, Canada said it would send 39 General Dynamics-made (GD.N)armored
vehicles to Ukraine this summer.
^ It’s great
that Canada will restart training Ukrainians and that other countries (the
Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK) are also doing the same. I would like to
see even more countries doing the same to help Ukraine. ^
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