Canada’s Carney makes surprise visit to Kyiv

Shorouk Express The base is where Canada leads a multi-national NATO brigade in its largest foreign military deployment. Canada has trained 45,000 Ukrainian troops through NATO’s Operation Unifier, starting soon after Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Training was relocated to Poland after Russia’s full-scale February 2022 invasion. Carney’s political meetings will include Polish President Donald Tusk, Latvian Prime…

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Kyiv spurns suggested head of economic crimes bureau, setting up clash with Western partners

Shorouk Express But on Monday the government announced it would not appoint Tsyvinskyi to the position and instead asked the commission to pick two other candidates.  Civil society groups and lawmakers say the government’s actions are illegal, threaten the independence of law enforcement, and jeopardize international aid — just as Ukrainian officials head from Kyiv…

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