LONDON: More than 17,000 Ukrainian recruits have been trained by Britain and other allies over the last year to help Kyiv fight Russia's invasion, the UK Ministry of Defence said Monday (Jun 26).
and other allies over the last year to help Kyiv fight Russia's invasion, the UK Ministry of Defence said Monday .
The recruits, from many different walks of life, all went through a"gruelling" five-week programme which the ministry said had transformed them"from civilians to soldiers". Britain and nine partner nations - Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania and The Netherlands - opened the initiative for new volunteer recruits to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in June last year.
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