Canada's defence minister Anita Anand will be holding a news conference on Tuesday following her meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels.

Anand said Monday that Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in Ukraine are moving farther away from the Russian border as tensions between Russia and Ukraine shift.

“The safety and security of the Armed Forces is my top priority at all times, and out of an abundance of caution we are repositioning some of our troops,” Anand said.

Canada had 200 Canadian Armed Forces members throughout Ukraine as part of Operation Unifier, a years-long mission designed to bolster Ukraine’s defence forces, which was recently extended and enhanced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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