90 Canadian Troops to Leave for Ukraine as Military Looks to Resume Mission

Members of the Canadian Forces write down directions at Denison Armory to convoy to CFB Borden amid the spread of COVID-19 on April 6, 2020 in Toronto, Canada. Cole Burston/Getty Images

OTTAWA—The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying 90 military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart some of the overseas missions temporarily suspended or scaled back because of COVID−19.

Canada has had soldiers training local forces in Ukraine since 2015, but the mission was temporarily suspended in early April as COVID−19 forced countries around the world into lockdown.