A top Canadian military soldier confirms media reports that members of the Canadian military are stationed in Ukraine to train locals to fight a Russian military aggression. refusing to do that.
Canada's Defense Chief of Staff, General Wayne Eyre, issued Monday's Power & Politicsfollowing a report from Global News. 52}. The New York Times that Canadian military special operations personnel are training Ukrainians during the ongoing Russian invasion.
However, when asked about the report, Wayne said the military "never talks about, confirms or denies any secret or sensitive special operations." Stated.
He called the media reports "disappointing" and speculative.
"If that were true, it would endanger our forces. And why would anyone want to endanger Canada's military on purpose?" said Ayre.
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Pentagon Chief of Staff Wayne Eyre refuses to confirm reports that Canadian special forces are operating in Ukraine in training capacity: I'm not going to talk about high-level special operations."
Host Vasi Capellos said that Canadians were not exactly I asked if the lack of depiction would be a problem.
"Another aspect that we have to think about is media speculation that circulates disinformation about Russia," Eyre said. rice field. “As the nature of warfare evolves, we see that disinformation itself is becoming a weapon. If Canadian soldiers are on Ukrainian soil at any point in time, are Canadians unaware of it?" Kapelos asked.
"Every situation will be different," Eyre replied. "We try to find a sweet spot in between, balancing transparency and operational security."
Last week, Defense Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada would 65} announced that it would send troops to the British Army's plan to transform Ukrainian civilians into combat units. The training will be conducted in Great Britain. This is a long-running training mission that saw more than 33,000 Ukrainian soldiers perform high-level combat until it was interrupted last winter. Guided by Canadian Soldiers.
That mission carried out on mainland Ukraine was called off and troops withdrew from the Eastern European country in mid-February her on the eve of a full-scale invasion of Russia.
The new iteration will involve up to 225 people, most of whom will work as trainers supported by command and control elements, Anand said.
Initial deployment he expects to take four months.
"The training is something we have been doing very well, and it has proven to be of great value to our Ukrainian friends, starting with the launch of Operation Unification. "That's me. That's what we want to continue."
