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NATO mission that includes Manitoba-based soldiers takes on added significance after invasion of Ukraine

An ongoing NATO mission in the heart of eastern Europe has taken on new meaning for the Canadian soldiers who are there — including some from Manitoba who were recently sent overseas.

Canadian Armed Forces members from CFB Shilo, in southwestern Manitoba, arrived in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance in mid-June.

According to the Canadian Armed Forces, that mission involves exercises, training and “some NATO-specific tasks” in central and eastern Europe, as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s “assurance and deterrence measures.”

Lt.-Col. Jesse van Eijk, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, says Operation Reassurance is a display of strength and solidarity between NATO members that has taken on new importance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began last February.

“Fundamentally, from a more geopolitical…

Read more at www.cbc.ca

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