Canada prepares to join in training Ukraine military - CBC News - Latest Canada, World, Entertainment and Business News
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A defence source says the Harper government is expected to announce the deployment of training troops — possibly over 100.
Most of them are expected to be housed at an existing NATO training centre located in Yavoriv, in the western portion of the embattled European country, near the Polish border.
The troops will join American and British soldiers, likely in mid-May.
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The U.S. military has deployed 800 troops to train three — possibly four — battalions in western Ukraine and the British recently sent 75 soldiers to give instruction in command procedures, tactical intelligence and battlefield first aid.