Canada’s former chief of the defence staff is warning of a “long-term” Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“This is not going to end soon,” retired General Rick Hillier told Joyce Napier on CTV News Channel’s Power Play Monday.
“The war is entering a different phase now,” he said. “We should settle in for that long-term slugfest,” he told Napier.
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Hillier told Power Play that Canada can provide help to Ukraine for both the short and long term. He suggested Canada bring Ukrainian troops into Europe or Canada for training on patriot missiles.
The patriot missile system is a defence system that can counter missile attacks. Hillier said Canada can pay for or buy those patriot missile systems.
He told Power Play after troops are trained on those systemxjmtzyws they can be deployed back into Ukraine.
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A woman cleans up her kitchen from debris in an apartment block damaged by a bombing the previous day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
