Boris Johnson says Ukrainian army is training in the UK – News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that Ukrainian troops have traveled to the UK to receive training in the use of armored vehicles in Ukraine to fight the Russian invasion.

“We are currently training Ukrainians in Poland to use air defense, in fact we are using armored vehicles in this country (UK),” he told British journalists who accompanied him during his visit to India.

According to a spokesman for the Conservative leader quoted in the newspapers on Thursday (21) night, “two dozen” Ukrainian soldiers are in the UK today for the exercise.

“We are working with our allies to provide the Ukrainians with a new type of product that they have no experience with, so it is only fair that they receive the training they need to use it,” he added.

“We are working with our allies to provide Ukraine with the tools to defend itself,” he said, reducing concerns that the move could be seen by the Kremlin as an escalation of the war.

During a visit to Kiev on April 9, he met with President Volodymyr Zhelensky, who promised to supply Ukraine with 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems as part of the British military aid package, which includes more than 10,000 anti-tanks. Missiles.