The Canadian mission is a continuation of one that operated inside Ukraine from 2015 until shortly before Russia invaded last year
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“I wouldn’t call it standard military practice, at all,” he said of the tactic. “The threat from anti-personnel mines, improvised explosive devices and booby traps is higher on this battlefield than NATO anticipated.”training team The Ukrainians – many of them raw recruits — are exceptionally motivated and attentive learners, said Lieut.-Col. Chris Boileau, overall commander of the Canadian training project. But their departure at the end of the expedited courses can be “sombre,” he says.
Canadian soldiers from Lord Strathcona’s Horse have instructed Ukrainian recruits in Leopard tank fundamentals in Poland. The Ukrainians are exceptionally motivated and attentive learners, says the head commander of the Canadian training project.The Leopard is mechanically superior, which also means it’s a more complex machine to maintain. Drivers manoeuvred their old tanks with tillers; the Leopards have a steering wheel.
In Britain, meanwhile, most of the 400 Ukrainians who come for the four-week ground-warfare program have no military experience, says Boileau.
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