Canadian soldiers deployed to Poland

About 90 Canadian soldiers have been deployed to Poland as part of a NATO response to increased tensions in central and eastern Europe, Canadian largest private broadcaster CTV informed. Officials say the soldiers are to take part in a series of exercises over the next six months with NATO allies and security partners. Members of the Canadian forces have been in central and eastern Europe since May 2014. The broadcaster reminded that earlier this month, a Canadian warship carrying Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the Baltic Sea was shadowed by two Russian frigates, giving the prime minister a front-row seat in the naval chess game between the West and Russia.