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LONDON - Hundreds of Ukrainian men charged across windswept northern England in army drills on Thursday, some of more than 10,000 sent to Britain over the last year to turn them into soldiers inUnder the tutelage of forces from Britain, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, among others, the Ukrainians will be taught over five weeks about the laws of armed conflict, urban and trench warfare, weaponry and battlefield medicine.
The move is one part of a ramping-up of support for Ukraine, after Nato alliance officials met the previous day to plot more assistance for Kyiv. Britain isOne of the recruits, a 48-year Ukrainian furniture maker who called himself Nick, said a year ago he could not have envisaged that he would be taking lessons in warfare in the north of England.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, saying it had to protect Russian speakers from persecution and prevent the western Nato alliance from using Ukraine to threaten Russia’s security. On Wednesday, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Britain is training Ukrainian soldiers to fight in a more “Western way” and use less ammunition than the traditional Soviet way of fighting.
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