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MYSTERIOUS: Canada bars its soldiers from joining ukraine s foreign legion - What They Never Told You

GenWayne Donald Eyre, chief of the Canadian defence staff, talks with soldiers during a visit of the Adazi military base, north-east of Riga, Latvia, earlier this month.
GenWayne Donald Eyre, chief of the Canadian defence staff, talks with soldiers during a visit to Latvia, earlier this month. Photograph: Toms Norde/AFP/Getty Images

Canada has barred its soldiers from joining Ukraine’s “international brigade” of foreign fighters, amid growing concern that captured troops could be used as a Russian propaganda tool.

Speaking to Canadian parliament’s defence committee on Wednesday, Lt Gen Frances Allen, the vice-chief of the defence staff, said top brass had issued an order preventing full-time service members and part-time reservists from travelling to join Ukraine’s newly formed foreign legion.

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