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Canadian military closer to starting Ukraine mission


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Legal and diplomatic obstacles to deploying Canadian military trainers in Ukraine have largely been cleared away, Defence Minister Jason Kenney says.
He was scheduled to tour the multi-national centre at Yavoriv, near the Polish border, on Saturday where the roughly 200 combat instructors will set up shop in the coming weeks.
Both the U.S. and Britain have been at the training grounds since the spring, running hundreds of Ukrainian national guardsmen through remedial, basic military courses.
Canada’s contribution was announced with much political fanfare in mid-April, but it could be August before the full contingent is on the ground.
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Source: Macleans

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