Almost 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers finished training in the UK – General Staff
Photo: Ukrainian army's General Staff
About 5,000 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completed military training in Great Britain
Rubryka reports, referring to the Facebook of the Ukrainian army's General Staff.
As the military noted, basic combined military training of Ukrainian service members continues on the territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Photo: Ukrainian army's General Staff
The Ukrainian military training program on British territory was offered to Volodymyr Zelensky by the UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his June visit to Kyiv.
Then the British prime minister specified that the military of the United Kingdom could provide training for up to 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen every 120 days.
Photo: Ukrainian army's General Staff
Currently, with instructors from Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ukraine, and, in fact, the United Kingdom, almost 5 thousand of our service members have successfully completed the Interflex training, the headquarters added.
Photo: Ukrainian army's General Staff
The military also emphasized that the Ukrainian defenders received:
- The essential knowledge, skills, and abilities in tactical medicine,
- Engineering, fire, psychological and tactical training, including Conducting offensive and defensive actions in an urbanized area.
According to the General Staff, the expansion of the Interflex operation is planned shortly, particularly for junior commanders of military units and units of the Ukrainian forces.
We will remind you that Denmark also offered to train the Ukrainian military on its territory.
In August, it became known that Denmark would send 130 instructors to Great Britain in the fall to train Ukrainian soldiers.
