The new contribution is on top of the roughly 225 military trainers working with Ukrainian forces as part of a British-led training mission.
Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the new deployment during a visit to Warsaw on Tuesday before a planned meeting with NATO counterparts in Belgium.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Anand’s announcement comes days after an explosion damaged an important bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula. That cut off a major military supply route Saturday for Russia, which annexed the area in 2014.Article content Canada summoned Russia’s ambassador over the airstrikes, and the leaders of the Group of Seven, representing some of the world’s advanced economies, decried the events as possible war crimes.
In a Tuesday press briefing, Russia’s foreign ministry claimed the attack on the bridge to Crimea amounted to a terrorist attack that merited retribution.
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