Canada relaunched the training of the Ukrainian servicemen, which will be conducted in Great Britain

Canada relaunches Operation Unifier for the Ukrainian servicemen.

The training will be conducted in Great Britain, where up to 225 Canadian servicemen will be deployed.

Oleksii Reznikov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine announced this.

“Up to 225 Canadian service members will be deployed to the UK to train the Ukrainian troops. With their help, our soldiers will become an unstoppable force,” the Minister noted and added that he is grateful to Canada for its staunch support of Ukraine.

The majority of the Canadian military will serve as trainers with the support of the command and control element for an initial deployment of approximately four months.

The first servicemen will be arriving next week.

Anita Anand, Canadian Defense Minister, shared most of the soldiers serving as training instructors will be drawn mainly from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based out of Edmonton.

The first Canadian-led courses will be rolled out at a military base located in South East England.

The training will follow a flexible curriculum focusing on the individual skills of the soldier required for frontline combat, including weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics, and the Law of Armed Conflict, the country’s government website claims.

The Canadian government stressed that the operation UNIFIER was launched back in 2015 at the request of the Ukrainian government, and early this year, was expanded and extended until March 2025. The training mission helps to form and increase the capacity of Ukraine’s law enforcement institutions while working towards achieving interoperability with NATO.

The mission was temporarily paused following the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a commitment to resume training when the situation allowed.

Since February 2022, Canada has committed or delivered $626 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including M777 howitzer artillery guns with replacement barrels and compatible ammunition, as well as specialized drone cameras and Armoured Combat Support Vehicles. It also provided Ukrainian servicemen with associated training.