Canadian soldiers land in Ukraine for training mission
Less than a year after Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Russian President Vladimir Putin to “get out of Ukraine,” Canadian soldiers have landed in the troubled country.
About 150 of them to be precise — military personnel with expertise in explosives detonation and other battlefields skills.
When Harper was at the G20 Summit in Australia last November, he told Putin: “I guess I’ll shake your hand, but I only have one thing to say to you: you need to get out of Ukraine.”
These troops are there to train and prepare the Ukrainian army for battle.
“We have a mandate there until March 2017,” said Maj. Isabel Bresse, adding 90 troops landed this week and 60 the week before.
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