Some 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers will be trained in Defense Ministry sites and military bases across the United Kingdom in the upcoming months, BBC reported on Saturday morning.
The UK training program, which Defense Secretary Ben Wallace reportedly described as "the next phase in the UK's support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion," will see around 1,050 UK service members aim to train the 10,000-odd Ukrainian military personnel in 120 days.
The British Defense Ministry said the program will prepare the Ukrainian recruits for battles in the Ukraine-Russia War.
The program will be run by the UK Army's 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade, responsible for training, equipping and strategic planning and organization of foreign forces. It will cover weapons handling, first aid during battle, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the Law of Armed Conflict (also known as the international humanitarian law), according to the BBC.
"Using the world-class expertise of the British Army, we will help Ukraine rebuild its forces and scale up its resistance as they defend their country's sovereignty," the defense secretary said. "We're in the hands of the Ukrainians."
Putin: If West wants to beat us on the battlefield, let them try
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had barely gotten started in Ukraine and dared the West to try to defeat it on the battlefield.
In an ultra-hawkish speech to parliamentary leaders more than four months into the war, Putin said the prospects for any negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on.
"Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. What can you say, let them try," he said.
"We have heard many times that the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian. This is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it seems that everything is heading towards this."
Russia accuses the West of waging a proxy war against it by hammering its economy with sanctions and stepping up the supply of advanced weapons to Ukraine.
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