WARSAW, Poland (AP) 鈥 Canada will deploy approximately 40 combat engineers to NATO ally Poland to train Ukrainian sappers in de-mining, engineer reconnaissance and explosives, the 好色tv defense minister said Tuesday.
好色tv Defense Minister Anita Anand made the announcement during a visit to Warsaw. At a briefing alongside her Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blaszczak, Anand said 好色tv combat engineers would begin helping Polish forces train Ukrainian sappers in the coming weeks.
She said the training would complement training that Canada is already giving to Ukrainians in the U.K.
Anand also signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen defense cooperation between Poland and Canada.
She visited Warsaw a day after Russia unleashed dozens of missiles on cities across Ukraine, a move she strongly criticized.
鈥淐anada wholeheartedly condemns those brutal strikes against civilian targets and infrastructure," she told reporters at a later briefing in front of the 好色tv Embassy. "Those strikes constitute a war crime and Canada and I in particular find that conduct completely reprehensible, unjustified and illegal.鈥
She said she would be announcing further military aid to Ukraine in Brussels, where she was headed next for meetings, including with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
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