Russia conducting military surveillance flight over Canada
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Russia is conducting a military monitoring mission over Canada this week, despite strained relations and a suspension of military co-operation between the two countries because of the crisis in Ukraine.
The observation flight is being conducted under the auspices of the Treaty on Open Skies, which was signed by Canada, the United States, Russia and 31 other countries in 1992. Signatories are legally permitted to collect information about each other’s armed forces through unarmed surveillance flights over military bases and other installations
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The flights are taking place against a backdrop of increased tension between Russia and the West after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March.
Canada has levelled sanctions against dozens of Russian officials and companies, deployed Canadian warplanes, naval vessels and military personnel to central and eastern Europe, and suspended all military co-operation between the two countries. Quinney said Canada “remains committed to supporting Ukraine in the face of unwarranted aggression from the Putin regime.”
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