SAS troops have trained local forces in Kyiv for the first time since the start of the war with Russia, Ukrainian commanders said The times.
Officers from two battalions stationed in and around the capital said they had received military training from the British Special Forces, one last week and the other the week before.
Captain Yuri Mironenko, whose battalion is based in Obolon on the northern outskirts of Kyiv, said military instructors had come to instruct new and returning soldiers to use NLAW, an anti-tank missile delivered from Britain that was delivered in February when the invasion took place. begining.
Assistance is reportedly crucial to Ukraine’s military efforts, as recruits and returning veterans who registered when the invasion began had no experience with anti-tank missiles.
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A commander of the Ukrainian special forces, nicknamed “Scythian”, said the 112th Battalion, of which he was a member, had undergone final training.
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