Original title: Foreign media: Canada transfers troops in Ukraine citing Russian threat Source: Reference News Network
Reference News Network reported on February 1 Canada on January 30 moved its military units based in Ukraine westward and announced it was withdrawing from its embassy in Kiev, citing the ongoing Russian threat along the Ukrainian border. All non-essential employees.
“We will continue to take all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of our armed forces personnel,” Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand told a news conference in Kiev.
She said Canadian troops “have moved west of the Dnieper”. The Dnieper River runs through central Ukraine.
Anand arrived in the former Soviet country early on Jan. 30 to receive an update from the commander of the Canadian Armed Forces-Ukraine Joint Task Force (UNIFIER), the report said. UNIFIER was formed in 2015 to support and train the Ukrainian army.
“The intelligence we use is exactly the same as that held by all our NATO allies. Along the Belarus-Ukraine border, Russia’s ‘invasion’ preparations are basically well known,” she said.