SAS troops have skilled native forces in Kyiv for the primary time for the reason that struggle with Russia started, Ukrainian commanders have informed The Instances.
Officers from two battalions stationed in and across the capital mentioned that they had undergone navy coaching from serving British particular forces, one final week and the opposite the week earlier than.
Captain Yuriy Myronenko, whose battalion is stationed in Obolon on the northern outskirts of Kyiv, mentioned that navy trainers had come to instruct new and returning navy recruits to make use of NLAWs, British-supplied anti-tank missiles that have been delivered in February because the invasion was starting.
The assistance is reportedly important for the Ukrainian struggle effort, as new recruits and returning veterans who signed up when the invasion started had no expertise with the anti-tank missiles
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One Ukrainian particular forces commander, who goes by the navy nickname “Skiff”, mentioned the 112th battalion to which his unit was connected had undergone coaching final
