Canadian Minister of International Trade Edward Fast and Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk visited the Canada-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce in Kyiv to deliver the first installment of Improved First Aid Kits (IFAKs) for Ukrainian soldiers on Jan. 26.
Canada is providing IFAKs for Ukrainian soldiers in conjunction with Combat Lifesaver training by instructors from the humanitarian initiative of the Ukrainian World Congress “Patriot Defence”.
Beginning in May, “Patriot Defense” has trained over 12,000 Ukrainian soldiers in adapted Combat Lifesaver courses based on the same curriculum used by Canadian Armed Forces and NATO. More than 9,500 IFAKs have been distributed to those trained soldiers.
