Members of the 3rd battalion, Tim Hortons Regiment, gather at their secret base near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border.
Spirits soared across Ukraine today at the news that 120 Canadian soldiers had deployed in the east to ward off any future aggression from the Russian troops massed on the other side of the border.
Early indications are that the deployment may be counterproductive. Already there are reports of Russian infiltrators slipping over the border disguised as Ukrainians, just to score a double-double at Timmies.