OTTAWA – Ukraine’s visiting foreign minister says it’s a joke that Russia is characterizing Canadian military trainers in his country as “deplorable.”
Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin says the Canadian Forces trainers will bring his country’s military forces and national guard up to a higher standard so they can better repel Russian aggressors.
The Russian Embassy has called it both counterproductive and deplorable for Canada to deploy 200 soldiers to improve the combat skills of troops in the Ukraine.
Klimkin says the move can hardly be considered provocative, given that Russia has already compromised Ukraine’s border by sending in mercenaries and heavy weaponry.
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Source: Metro News
