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LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Ukrainians were charged on Thursday over army exercises in windy northern England. 10Some of the more than 1,000 men were sent to Britain last year to become soldiers in the war against Russia.
Britainunder the auspices of forces from Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, the Ukrainians will be trained for five weeks in the laws of armed conflict, urban and trench warfare, weapons and battlefield medicine.
Britain doubling the number taught in several locations across the country by 2023, the government said on Thursday. 20aims to reach ,000.
This step NATO It is part of an increase in support for Ukraine after alliance officials met yesterday to develop a plan for additional aid to Kyiv. Britain It sends 14 Challenger tanks and hundreds more missiles.
One of the recruits, a 48-year-old Ukrainian furniture maker who calls himself Nick, couldn’t have imagined a year ago that he would be taking combat lessons in the north of England.
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“I will have to use this knowledge to protect our country, because today there is a lot of blood in Ukraine and someone has to protect the motherland,” he said through a translator.
Russia last February by intervening in Ukraine to protect Russian speakers from persecution and the West NATO said that the alliance must prevent Russia from using Ukraine to threaten its security.
Kyiv and its Western allies, including Britain, say these are unwarranted pretexts for a war of attrition.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that Britain Ukraine trains its soldiers to fight in a more “Western way” and to use less ammunition than the traditional Soviet way of fighting.
In the trench battlefields, where Ukrainians dressed in combat gear ran through muddy tunnels and dense forests with empty rifles, British Army Corporal Carter, who declined to be named, said the Ukrainians were learning from the world’s top forces.
“I am confident that when they come back, they will survive and win effectively,” he said.
The program also includes urban warfare, where men learn how to fight in ordinary homes and civilian structures, and marksmanship practice.
Ukraine soldier Nik said that he will definitely return to Ukraine.
“I think we’ll all be ready to come back because of Ukraine to us of Ukraine he really needs soldiers who will defend him”, he said.
Reporting by Andy Bruce; Edited by Diane Craft
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2023-02-16 23:39:02
Source – reuters
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