YAVORIV, Ukraine — Seven thousand kilometres from Quebec, but only 10 hours by road from the bloody battlefields of eastern Ukraine, about 200 soldiers mostly from Canada’s storied Royal 22nd Regiment, the Vandoos, are helping to prepare Ukrainian infantry, medics and combat engineers to defend their country against Russian-backed separatists.
National Post: Canadian soldiers pass on life-saving tips to Ukrainian troops fighting Russian-backed separatists
A Ukrainian serviceman wearing camouflage takes part in a military drill with US troops in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine on July 22.
