Canada and Latvia will begin training Ukrainian soldiers on Latvian soil starting next week, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday.
“Led by a Canadian lieutenant colonel, the training will instruct Ukrainian junior officers on responsibilities in battle, the process of planning and orders, manoeuvre coordination, intelligence reconnaissance, planning and executing,” Anand said from the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
The training, which begins May 15, will continue alongside Canada’s training efforts under Operation Unifier, currently underway in Poland and the United Kingdom.
Latvian Defence Minister Ināra Mūrniece, who is visiting Ottawa, told reporters that Canada and Latvia are doing “tremendous work” to help train
