The UK is significantly expanding a training program in Britain to turn potentially tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens into frontline soldiers to fight Russia
The UK is significantly expanding a training program in Britain to turn potentially tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens into frontline soldiers to fight Russia.
The combat course is being extended in length to five weeks from three weeks, keeping more of the training in the UK, away from the threat of Russian missile strikes — a hazard for anyone learning how to become a soldier at sites inside Ukraine, it is understood. Some 4,700 personnel have already been through the training at military bases in the north, southwest, and southeast of England since it began in June, with commanders intending to continue the support for as long as Ukraine needs new troops to fight Russia’s invasion. Military instructors from eight other countries, including New Zealand, Sweden, and the Netherlands, have joined with their British counterparts to provide the expanded training mission.
