The vetting of our training recipients is clearly very important. We've been doing that for many years in our other training ventures, pointing again to MTCP.
For this particular activity, it's important to note that the Canadian armed forces will be training only formed units of the Ukrainian armed forces. We will not be training militias. We will not be training ad hoc units, but only formed units of the Ukrainian armed forces for the Ministry of the Interior or eventually the Ministry of Defence.
In terms of the specific vetting, the Ministry of the Interior in Ukraine has a responsibility for vetting all of the individuals who will partake in this training. We have close association with the Ministry of the Interior. Going to one of the earlier questions on the composition of the embassy in Kiev, we have three Canadian armed forces personnel in that embassy: a very busy defence attaché supported by two talented individuals.
I was on the phone with him this morning to reconfirm our process. The MOI does two parts of the background checks. It checks for any association with criminality. It also does a loyalty check for every individual who's going to enter the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Interior. That's the first step of the vetting.
One of the many benefits of partnering with our American friends on this particular activity is the fact that the Americans also have a vetting process. We're doing this collectively with them. The Leahy Law mandates that the U.S. armed forces vet every individual who is going to receive their training. In this particular case the American training started yesterday, and we will soon join that training. They have vetted every individual in that initial training tranche that started yesterday. They go through to summarize the Ukrainian process and they are also put through a very rigid American process. Finally, I must emphasize that we will be training only formed units of the Ukrainian government.