Although I'm not much of a militarist, I do agree with this training mission to Ukraine. I heard a comment this morning on the CBC's The Current that the Russian-supported forces in the east of Ukraine have seen their possession of tanks go from about a dozen two years ago to 700 today. This is a massive commitment on the part of Russia. The uprising of the eastern provinces is a bloody provocation to the central government in Kiev regardless of Ukrainian politics and cannot go unchallenged.