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Reznikov calls on Canada, United States, Britain to increase military aid to Ukraine
KYIV. Dec 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov has called on Canada, the United States and Britain to provide military support to Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia, warning that steps must be taken now, because "then it may be too late."
"You have a training program with us in Ukraine. I think we can expand it. Instead of having 50 [military] instructors, send 500 instructors," Reznikov said in an interview with the Canadian publication The Globe and Mail.
It is noted that he meant the 200-soldier Canadian training mission already deployed to the country. Operation Unifier, as it’s known, is headquartered in Yavoriv, in the far west of Ukraine, more than 1,000 kilometres from the Russian border.
Ukraine, he said, needed a "quick response" from its allies that would help it address a lack of anti-aircraft missiles, modern warplanes and naval craft, as well as electronic jamming equipment. But just as important, he said, would be Canadian, U.S. and British soldiers visibly deployed to positions near the front line.
Those troops should be stationed in places where Russia can see them, Reznikov said.
"It would be nice if the Canadian instructors … would be deployed in Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Odesa, and Zmiyinyi Island," he said, naming locations in eastern and southern Ukraine that could become front-line positions in the event of a large-scale Russian assault.
At the same time, Reznikov said that he means cooperation on bilateral platforms, without NATO. Reznikov said that he "detected a split within the NATO military alliance over how far to go in supporting Ukraine." According to him, Canada, the U.S., and Britain were more willing to challenge Mr. Putin’s aggressive behaviour, while countries such as Germany and France were hesitant because they were concerned about maintaining their economic relationships with Russia.
According to the Minister of Defense, military support should be carried out simultaneously with new economic sanctions directed against the personal assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his immediate circle.
