Canada's Defense Minister won't rule out sending military advisers to Ukraine - newspaper

12:44, 25.02.2015 1 min read

Canadian Defense Minister Jason Kenney has said that his country may send military advisers to Ukraine, according to the Toronto Star newspaper.

"The U.S. and Britain are sending military advisers there to help Ukraine's embattled central government fight Moscow-backed secessionists. The Defense Minister Jason Kenney says Canada might do the same," reads the article.

However, the minister said that any Canadian soldiers in Ukraine would stay far away from the conflict zone.