Commentary
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, the UK is stepping up its support for the embattled nation by training new recruits for its depleted army on British soil. When I recently contacted the Ministry of Defense (MOD) for details I was informed, “The UK-led training programme has capacity to train up to 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers every 120 days.”
The spokesperson added: “We have a long history of military cooperation with Ukraine that predates Russia’s invasion in February 2022. This includes Operation ORBITAL during which British troops trained more than 22,000 members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces between 2015 and 2022.”
Over a thousand UK service personnel from 11 Security Force Assistance Brigade have been deployed to run the program, which is part of a nearly $3 billion defense support package to Ukraine….