An army ambulance destroyed in recent shelling between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces. (AP file Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
OTTAWA — Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an international effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered and bloodied combat forces.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Jason Kenney announced the long-anticipated move Tuesday at National Defence headquarters.
The troops will join American and British soldiers early this summer, and the mission will last until March 31, 2017.
Harper says Canada’s latest military contribution addresses a number of requests from the government of …read more
Source: Macleans
