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- Ukrainian troops in Britain being trained for first time since start of Russian invasion, Prime Minister reveals<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Britain’s forces will show them how to use armoured vehicles supplied by MoD to repel Vladimir Putin’s forces<\/strong><\/li>\n
- More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers arrived last week in UK for training on 120 vehicles being supplied to Ukraine<\/strong><\/li>\n
- President Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces will be trained on Mastiff, Wolfhound and Husky armoured vehicles<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Will be shown how to use Samaritan ambulance, and Sultan and Samson armoured reconnaissance vehicles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Boris Johnson says the\u00a0 UK is looking at sending British tanks to Poland – after it was revealed Ukrainian troops are in Britain being trained for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Challenger 2 tank has been the mainstay of the British Army since the 1990s and saw action in the Iraq War. The 64-tonne vehicles are due to go out of service in 2025, but the Army still has a fleet of more than 200. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n
Speaking during a news conference in New Delhi, where he held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister today said the Government was contemplating sending Challenger 2 tanks to eastern Europe to replace\u00a0Soviet-era T-72 tanks the Poles are shipping to Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Mr Johnson told reporters: ‘I think perhaps what I haven’t said publicly before is we’re also looking more at what we can do to backfill in countries such as Poland who may want to send heavier weaponry to help defend the Ukrainians.<\/p>\n
‘So we’re looking at sending tanks to Poland to help them as they sending some of their T-72s to Ukraine.’<\/p>\n
The Challenger 2 tank has been the mainstay of the British Army since the 1990s and saw action in the Iraq War. The 64-tonne vehicles are due to go out of service in 2025, but the Army still has a fleet of more than 200.<\/p>\n
Ministers had considered donating the tanks directly to Ukraine. However Ukrainian forces are not trained in their use and there were also concerns about their ability to repair them. Instead, Ukraine will receive familiar tanks from Poland and other Eastern European states.<\/p>\n
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meanwhile said he feared that sending tanks directly to Ukraine could spark a third world war.<\/p>\n
The UK is already one of the biggest donors of weapons to Ukraine, with the Ministry of Defence supplying hundreds of anti-tank missiles, along with anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles, ammunition and medical supplies.<\/p>\n
It comes as it was yesterday revealed that Ukrainian troops are in Britain being trained to use armoured vehicles supplied by the Ministry of Defence to repel Vladimir\u00a0Putin<\/strong><\/a>‘s forces.<\/p>\n
More than 20 soldiers arrived last week in the UK for training on the 120 vehicles being supplied to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong><\/a>‘s resistance as Boris Johnson<\/strong><\/a> steps up military support to help in the war.<\/p>\n
As well as being trained on the Mastiff, Wolfhound and Husky armoured vehicles, the Ukrainians will be shown how to use the Samaritan ambulance, and Sultan and Samson armoured reconnaissance vehicles.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister confirmed last night for the first time that Ukrainian forces were in the UK to journalists travelling with him in India<\/strong><\/a>, where he is pressing for a loosening of ties with Russia.<\/p>\n
‘I can say that we’re currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences and actually in this country (the UK) in the use of the armoured vehicles,’ he told reporters.<\/p>\n
Further Ukrainian forces are expected to be making their way to the UK for training in the future. The Prime Minister’s press secretary said ‘a couple of dozen’ Ukrainians were currently in the UK for training.<\/p>\n
In other developments:<\/p>\n
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- The Kremlin revealed terrifying plans to seize Ukraine\u2019s entire southern coast and to invade Moldova, where it claims Russian speakers are being oppressed;<\/li>\n
- Columns of Russian tanks patrolled Mariupol as reports claimed 9,000 Ukrainians may be buried in mass graves there;<\/li>\n
- Moscow refused Ukraine\u2019s offer of a four-day truce over the Orthodox Easter weekend;<\/li>\n
- Russia\u2019s armed forces have suffered more than 13,000 deaths, with another 7,000 troops said to be missing in action, according to a pro-Kremlin website, which later deleted the claim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Britain’s forces will show them how to use armoured vehicles supplied by MoD to repel Vladimir Putin’s forces<\/strong><\/li>\n