Canada will send 40 combat engineers to Poland in an effort to train Ukrainian forces.
During a press conference today in Warsaw, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said that “in the coming weeks, Canada will deploy approximately 40 combat engineers to Poland to help Polish forces train Ukrainian engineers in explosives detection, mine and condemnation”.
Anand said the additional training “will complement Canadian training of new Ukrainian recruits in the United Kingdom and Canadian training of Ukrainian personnel on the use of the M777 howitzer that we donated to Ukraine.”
The Canadian armed forces have trained more than 33,000 Ukrainian military and security personnel since 2015, but have halted some aspects of the training effort since February.
They have also assisted the Polish military and government in supporting refugee reception centers and helped support training programs based in Britain.
