Media: Military instructors from Canada will train in Ukraine neo-Nazis

Canadian military instructors may be able to train in Ukraine neo-Nazis who entered the paramilitary formation of the Ukrainian military power, media outlets Ottawa.
"American legislators voted in favor of the military is not trained neo-Nazi units that interact with the armed forces of Ukraine. This move raises questions about how Canada to defend it and not to render aid to extremist groups " - emphasizes the Ottawa Citizen, reports the news Agency.
the print edition has already raised This issue in the spring of the current year. Then the head of the Ministry of defense of Canada Jason Kenney said that the Canadian instructors will only be able to train soldiers of the National guard and the armed forces of Ukraine. However, the Ottawa Citizen indicates that Perhaps canadian soldiers will still have to train and neo-Nazis, because one of these groups - the regiment "Azov" - have already joined the National guard. Official authorized canadian defense Ministry Ashley Lemierre said that for the selection of military offices that will train instructors from Canada, the responsibility of Ukraine." The first is to educate the soldiers of land forces of VS of Ukraine. We were assured that this group will not be authorized to include the regiment " Azov ", - she specified. The Lemierre said, when instructors will begin to work. According to the newspaper, the Canadian soldiers at the number of supposedly 200 people will arrive to Ukraine during the summer. At the same time authorized the opposition New democratic party of Canada Jack Harris said that opposing political force will demand explanations from the Minister of defence of Kenny in the case that the regiment "Azov" and in truth became a part of those branches of the Ukrainian armed forces who are going to train Canadian instructors. Remember, the chamber authorized the U.S. Congress on 12 June adopted the draft law on the allocation of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine appropriation for subsequent fiscal year with the amendment, which prohibits the expenditure of funds for preparation of fighters of the Ukrainian regiment " Azov ". For its part, the leadership of the regiment was surprised and appalled by the adopted amendments. Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that the U.S. Congress took more than a year to recognize the essence of the Ukrainian Nazi battalion " Azov ", " but better late than never ".


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