Retired navy leaders to assist provide protecting gear to war-hit Ukraine | World News

A panel of retired navy leaders from the US, Canada and the Netherlands will advise a pro-Ukraine marketing campaign on the procurement of protecting gear for Ukrainian protection forces, a Canada-based nonprofit group mentioned on Tuesday.

The panel of 4 consists of former commander of US forces in Afghanistan David Petraeus, former NATO commander Wesley Clark in addition to former Dutch protection chief Dick Lodewijk Berlijn, in accordance with the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC).

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The panel, anticipated to develop in dimension, is chaired by retired Canadian Chief of Protection Workers Rick Hillier.

It will deal with serving to provide Ukraine's territorial defence drive with protecting gear, reminiscent of helmets, physique armor, ballistic goggles, and medical kits, the UWC mentioned in a press release.

"If we might help get them (Ukrainian protection forces) the gear from the West ... we might help them win this conflict" Hillier mentioned at a information convention.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what it calls a "particular navy operation" to make sure its personal safety, has triggered broad sanctions on Moscow and introduced the West collectively to help Ukraine with navy and humanitarian assist.

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The UWC's marketing campaign has up to now raised funds to supply and ship $24 million price of protecting gear, together with the biggest nongovernmental supply of Israeli Bandages, that are used to cease bleeding from traumatic accidents, and gasoline masks.

The group, which represents Ukrainians globally, has additionally sought a judicial evaluation of a call by the Canadian authorities to return a turbine to Germany that's wanted for the Nord Stream 1 gasoline pipeline.

Canada has one of many world's greatest Ukrainian diasporas outdoors of nations that border Ukraine and the group has efficiently pressured Ottawa to impose more and more strict sanctions towards Russia.