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About 200 Canadian Soldiers Training Ukrainian Troops

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About 200 soldiers from Canada are currently training Ukrainian troops, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Monday.

File Photo: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during a visit to the International Center for Peacemaking and Security of the Academy of Land Forces at the Yavoriv Training Ground in the Lviv region. - Sputnik International
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Says No Doubt Ukraine Must Join NATO
KIEV (Sputnik) — "Some 200 soldiers from Canada are now… supporting the Ukrainian armed forces, training and providing technical assistance in order to make them meet NATO standards," Yatsenyuk said.

Ukraine dropped its non-aligned status last year to open a path toward becoming a NATO member. Ukraine aims to pass reforms that will make its army compatible with those of NATO member states by 2020.

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