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Canada ready to send soldiers in Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers in collaboration with US troops.
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Defence & Security News - Canada
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The Canadian government ready to send troops to Ukraine in the coming months, CTV News reported, citing officials. The Canadian soldiers will likely take part in a training mission and will not be involved in combat. Canadian soldiers will reportedly cooperate closely with US troops in Ukraine.
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 Ukrainian newly mobilized paratroopers take part in tactical exercises during a military drill near Zhytomyr April 9, 2015. |
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Canada has taken a clear stance against Russian military action in Ukraine, which it describes as an "illegal occupation." Canada has imposed sanctions against "those responsible for the ongoing crisis."
"Until Russia clearly demonstrates its respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Canada will continue to work with its allies and like-minded countries to apply pressure that will further isolate Russia economically and politically," reads a statement on the Foreign Affairs website. Ukraine's military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal. According Kiev's military spokesman Andriy Lysenko, in the past 24 hours Pro-Russian rebels had fired at government troops 18 times with weapons of between 120 mm and 122 mm caliber. More than 6,000 civilians, rebels and Ukrainian servicemen have been killed since then in a crisis in which Kiev has accused its former Soviet master of arming and supporting the rebels, a charge Moscow denies. |
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