KYIV, Ukraine – Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the medical training component of Canada’s military assistance mission in Ukraine will make a real and substantive difference for the country’s battered army.
Kenney says there will be a particular focus on improving casualty evacuation, which is vital in the survival rates of wounded soldiers.
Ukrainian defence officials acknowledge privately that many injured troops take longer than the so-called “golden hour” to get to field hospitals, but say it’s because medevac helicopters can’t safely land nearby.
Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists have anti-aircraft weapons and say they’re willing to use them against mercy flights.
The officials, who were …read more
Source: Metro News
