A fresh contingent of Canadian troops has arrived in eastern Europe to take part in NATO exercises meant to reassure jittery allies, and their deployment from Valcartier, Que., comes following a spike in violence between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists.
The over 100 soldiers, from the 1st Battalion Royal 22e Regiment, will be conducting training in Poland and Romania — far from the eastern front lines — and are separate the U.S-led training mission in western Ukraine.
Senior American officials have expressed “deep concern” about the number of ceasefire violations reported by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) …read more
Source: National Newswatch
