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There has been a lot of reporting in the last two days about the potential for a Canadian peacekeeping mission to help stabilize the conflict in Ukraine.

The Liberals have talked about it. Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has endorsed the idea of a UN peacekeeping mission led by Canada.

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Russia is also interested in the United Nations sending peacekeeping troops to eastern Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said a couple of months ago. Putin told journalists in September that armed peacekeepers could provide safety for staff of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) which is monitoring the ceasefire there. “It would help resolve the problem in eastern Ukraine,” said Putin.

More than 10,000 people have died in fighting between Ukrainian soldiers and Russian-backed separatists. A peace deal is in place but fighting has continued on and off.

Ukraine is also interested in a peacekeeping force as well but it opposes the Russian proposal since it doesn’t respect Ukraine’s original borders.