Of course, the training that Canada is providing the Ukraine now, with Operation Unifier, is very important. In April 2017, during the visit of our defence minister Stepan Poltorak to Canada, during the negotiations we agreed to increase the level of training, for instance, from the tactic level which Operation Unifier is covering now, to the operator level, to a mid-level of our units.
Of course, I would like to underline Canada's role now in the Ukraine because Ms. Sinclair, who is a strategic adviser for the Ukrainian defence reform advisory board, is doing incredible work. She's personally responsible for the implementation of reforms on the united defence forces leadership. Those are exactly the things we've been talking about.
I'm 38 years old and I'm an officer of a new generation. Yes, we have incredible officers, generals, flag generals in Ukraine with real combat experience. Nevertheless, day by day, week by week, their generation is going. Let's hope that in future years, in five or 10 years, you'll see absolutely a new generation of Ukrainians who are highly qualified with great expertise including combat experience, proper language training. In this case, this approach will be very interesting for us. If Canada has an opportunity to provide the Ukraine with additional funding, it will be very interesting for training and for the professionalization of officers, and it will be an investment in the future of the Ukrainian armed forces. It means a condition of future peace in Ukraine as a state and in the region as a representative of eastern Europe.