Canada Begins Training Ukraine Pilots, Preparing to Send Country 80K Unarmed Rockets

Canada Begins Training Ukraine Pilots, Preparing to Send Country 80K Unarmed Rockets
National Defence Minister Bill Blair responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa in this May 1, 2020 file photo. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa is preparing to send 80,840 surplus small unarmed air-to-surface rockets and 1,300 warheads to Ukraine as pilots from the embattled nation arrive in Canada for training.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces pilots arrived in the country this week to begin fighter-lead-in-training, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Sept. 6 from the 24th Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting in Germany.