Canada to start military exercises in Ukraine in autumn

Canada will begin military exercises of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in autumn, and they will last two years.

Ukrainian Defense Minister, Colonel-General Stepan Poltorak said this after a meeting with Canadian Minister of National Defence and Minister for Multiculturalism Jason Kenney at the International Center of Peace and Security in the Lviv region, the press service of the Defense Ministry reported.

"These military exercises will begin this autumn and will last for the next two years," Poltorak said.

According to him, such exercises will allow Ukrainian servicemen to gain new knowledge in accordance with NATO standards, and Canada's coaches will be able to borrow the Ukrainian experience gained during war fighting in the ATO zone.