Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Tuesday that Canadianmilitary members and their Latvian counterparts will begin training Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia as soon as next week.
That means Canada is adding a third country to its training efforts under Operation Unifier, which is already active in Poland and the United Kingdom.
Anand said it’s a reflection of Canada’s commitment to help Ukraine win the war against Russia.
“It is also a recognition that our world is growing increasingly dark, and that a year-and-a-half into the further illegal and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine by (Russian President) Vladimir Putin, we cannot let up,” Anand said….