YAVORIV, Ukraine - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's whirlwind five-day visit to Eastern Europe ended on July 12 amid the staccato bursts of assault weapons and heavy machine guns and the thwack and smoke from an explosion as Ukrainian troops accompanied by Canadian mentors from Quebec's storied Royal 22nd Regiment - the Vandoos - charged across a field to swarm a makeshift house.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and his son Xavier use binoculars to watch Ukrainian military exercises with Canadian military instructors at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Yavoriv, near Lviv, on July 12, 2016.
