UK to train up to 10,000 Ukrainian recruits for war against Russia

The first batch of up to 10,000 inexperienced Ukrainian military recruits set to train in the UK over the coming months has started drills, according to the Ministry of Defence.

The new British-led programme involves 1,050 UK service personnel training the Ukrainian volunteers, who have little to no military experience, in England for several weeks.

The crash course is based on the UK’s basic soldier training, covering weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the laws around armed conflict.