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Globe and Mail: COVID-19 outbreak hits Canadian soldiers deployed in Ukraine

Published April 17, 2021. Updated April 17 at 1:48 am

In this file photo Canadian soldiers take a break from training with the Operation UNIFIER near Starychi, Lviv Oblast, on June 20, 2017. Sergeant Major Rob Clarke said the soldiers each go by their own schedule, as long as they "get the job done." (Kostyantyn Chernichkin)

A significant COVID-19 outbreak has struck Canadian Armed Forces members deployed to Ukraine to help train Kyiv’s soldiers as the country battles Russian-backed separatists. Canadian troops are dispersed among 12 locations in Ukraine, a factor that has helped stop the spread. About 200 soldiers are deployed to Ukraine as part of Operation Unifier.