{"id":86139,"date":"2023-10-01T03:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T03:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=86139"},"modified":"2023-10-01T03:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T03:10:03","slug":"britain-to-increase-support-for-ukraine-with-troop-training-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/britain-to-increase-support-for-ukraine-with-troop-training-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain to increase support for Ukraine with troop training programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Britain will increase support for Ukraine with a training programme for Kyiv&#8217;s troops under new plans, Grant Shapps reveals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Defence Sec. has held talks on ramping up &#8216;training and production&#8217; operations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Britain is set to boost its support for Ukrainian forces with robust training programmes in line with new plans discussed with military officials, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shapps told the Telegraph he has held talks about the possibility of moving more British-led &#8216;training and production&#8217; operations into Ukraine instead of relying on bases within the UK and those in other NATO countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has also called for more British defence firms to set up factories in Ukraine after he took an official trip to the country&#8217;s capital, Kyiv, last week, and revealed he has discussed ways in which the British Navy could help to defend Ukrainian commercial vessels in the Black Sea with President Volodymyr Zelensky.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, the UK and other NATO members have avoided deployments of troops to Ukraine to avoid being drawn into combat with Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76021573-12579457-image-a-19_1696108044685.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (L) shaking hands with British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (R) during their meeting in Kyiv this week<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76021893-12579457-image-a-31_1696108879503.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A serviceman belonging to Battalion 42 of Brigade 57 of Ukrainian army shoots a machine gun during training at a shooting range in an undisclosed location in Donbas, Donetsk<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76021891-12579457-image-a-32_1696108883442.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign &#8216;Fedia&#8217; raises the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of liberation of the frontline village of Andriivka, Donetsk region<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shapps told the Telegraph: &#8216;<span>I was talking today about eventually getting the training brought closer and actually into Ukraine as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>MoD hit by shortfall to &#8216;Dad&#8217;s Army&#8217;\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Britain is facing a huge deficit of part-time soldiers \u2013 just when they are needed to plug gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers have pledged to train more \u2018Dad\u2019s Army\u2019 volunteers to make up for having fewer regulars. But new figures show that rather than making progress towards a target of having more than 30,000 trained reservists by 2025, the MoD has lost more than 1,000 part-time squaddies in the last 12 months, leaving the total at just 24,490.<\/p>\n<p>The Army said: \u2018We remain ready to meet our commitments.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Particularly in the west of the country, I think the opportunity now is to bring more things in country &#8211; not just training, but also we&#8217;re seeing BAE [the UK defence firm], for example, move into manufacturing in country, for example.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I think there will be a move to get more training and production in the country.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since the start of 2022, m<\/span>ore than 20,000 recruits from the Ukrainian armed forces have received basic British Army training in the UK as part of the British-led Operation Interflex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Basic training involves surviving in a hostile environment; troops are taught skills like basic fieldcraft and medical care, as well as marksmanship and weapon handling.<\/p>\n<p>The training has also been adapted to reflect what is needed on the ground &#8211; essentially trench warfare.<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested the UK is preparing to utilise the Navy to help Ukraine better defend itself against attacks in the Black Sea, particularly amid Russian attacks on Ukrainian cargo ships.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Britain is a naval nation so we can help and we can advise, particularly since the water is international water&#8217;, he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/22\/76021575-12579457-image-a-20_1696108072322.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Shapps has held talks about the possibility of moving a British-led training programme into Ukraine instead of relying on bases within the UK and other those in other NATO countries<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/76019301-12579457-Putin_s_close_ally_Dmitry_Medvedev_declared_that_Russia_s_invasi-a-17_1696106753934.jpg\" height=\"814\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Putin &#8216;s close ally, Dmitry Medvedev, declared that Russia &#8216;s invasion will fight on<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/76019297-12579457-The_Russian_President_also_marked_today_s_event_now_referred_to_-a-18_1696106757627.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Russian President marked &#8216;Reunification Day&#8217; as he pledged that &#8216;nothing and no-one&#8217; will stop him<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It&#8217;s important that we don&#8217;t allow a situation to establish by default that somehow international shipping isn&#8217;t allowed in that water.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Moment Russian forces &#8216;shoot down their own \u00a380million SU-35 fighter jet&#8217; in friendly fire blunder over Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/30\/21\/75988029-12579457-Russian_aviation_Z_blogger_Fighterbomber_published_a_photo_of_a_-a-16_1696106704780.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>Russian aviation Z-blogger Fighterbomber published a photo of a SU-35 with the message: &#8216;Eternal flight, brother&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>It comes after a top ally of Russian President Vladmir Putin\u00a0vowed that Russia\u00a0will invade more of Ukraine as Moscow on Saturday celebrated the anniversary of its\u00a0illegal annexation of four Ukrainian territories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dmitry Medvedev\u00a0<\/span>declared that victory will soon be Russia&#8217;s, as the nation continues its &#8216;special military operation&#8217; to completely obliterate the\u00a0&#8216;Nazi\u00a0Kyiv\u00a0regime&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>His harrowing statement came one year after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson annexed by Moscow\u00a0following a series of controversial\u00a0local elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Kremlin claims these took place in &#8216;full accordance with international norms&#8217;, the referendums have been completely denounced by the West and were not internationally recognised.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The special military operation will continue until the Nazi Kyiv regime is completely destroyed and the original Russian territories are liberated from the enemy,&#8217; Medvedev said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Victory will be ours&#8230; And there will be more new regions within Russia.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian President also marked September 30 &#8211; now referred to as\u00a0&#8216;Reunification Day&#8217; &#8211; by pledging that &#8216;nothing and no-one&#8217; will stop him in Moscow&#8217;s fight against Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nothing and no-one can break the will of millions of people, or their belief in truth and historical justice,&#8217; Putin vowed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The free and unequivocal choice of our brothers and sisters was wholeheartedly supported by the Russian people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We understood and deeply felt the most important thing: by defending our compatriots in Donbas and Novorossiya, we are defending Russia itself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Together, we are fighting for the Motherland, for our sovereignty, spiritual values, unity, and victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thank all the citizens of the country for this solidarity and patriotism.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12579457\/grant-shapps-british-troops-ukraine-deliver-training-kyiv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain will increase support for Ukraine with a training programme for Kyiv&#8217;s troops under new plans, Grant Shapps reveals Defence Sec. has held talks on ramping up &#8216;training and production&#8217; 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