It’s called Operation Reassurance and is NATO’s current response to the conflict in Ukraine.
In May, Canada initially sent about 50 infantry personnel from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) to Eastern Europe to join other NATO forces there.
They were replaced in July with 118 members of the 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR)
Now it appears plans are in the works to send as many as 1,000 Canadian soldiers at a time to new bases to be created in Eastern Europe.
Aug 20, 2014, A soldier from the Land Task Force of Operation REASSURANCE provides cover fire …read more
Source: Radio Canada International
