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sl8

(17,135 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2022, 11:19 AM Oct 2022

Ukraine soldiers return from training in the UK (Twitter)

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Today, 10,000 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have completed military training in the #UK and are returning back to #Ukraine.

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10 000 Ukrainian soldiers have just finished their military training in the UK and are now heading back to Ukraine to fight.

They are the second batch to finish their training in the UK.

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1:10 PM · Oct 12, 2022

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Ukraine soldiers return from training in the UK (Twitter) (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP

Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update. niyad Oct 2022 #1

🇺🇦 Deuxcents Oct 2022 #2

Compared To... ruet Oct 2022 #3

And I bet they actually have functioning guns and know how to use them. Biophilic Oct 2022 #4

A little birdie told me the flyboys stayed behind for some advanced weapons system training Brother Buzz Oct 2022 #5

niyad

(133,583 posts)

1. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.

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Thu Oct 13, 2022, 11:26 AM

Oct 2022

Deuxcents

(27,475 posts)

2. 🇺🇦

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Thu Oct 13, 2022, 12:16 PM

Oct 2022

ruet

(10,316 posts)

3. Compared To...

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 12:27 PM

Oct 2022

Putin is sending these kids up against a professional meat grinder for, literally, nothing. ...very reminiscent of WWI. Russia is fighting a 80's war in 2022.

Biophilic

(6,622 posts)

4. And I bet they actually have functioning guns and know how to use them.

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Thu Oct 13, 2022, 01:32 PM

Oct 2022

Brother Buzz

(40,247 posts)

5. A little birdie told me the flyboys stayed behind for some advanced weapons system training