Canada to provide medical assistance training to Ukraine military in Poland

FILE PHOTO: A Canadian flag and a Ukrainian flag with the tryzub are seen during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes

(Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday said it would deploy medical technicians and assistants from the Canadian Armed Forces to Poland to train members of the Ukrainian military in Ottawa's latest assistance to Kyiv to combat the Russian invasion.

Since February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, Canada has committed over C$1 billion ($726.90 million) in military assistance to Ukraine.