Instructors from the Irish Guards (British Armed Forces) have been teaching recruits from the Ukrainian Armed Forces basic field skills ahead of transferring the platoon to the Australian contingent early next week.
The Guardsmen have taken the recruits through lessons such as camouflage and concealment and basic patrolling, while embedded linguists translated the lessons into Ukrainian.
The Australian contingent have been brushing up on their own Ukrainian language skills and lesson plans ahead of commanding the platoon from early this week.
93-rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyy Yar" (93-тяокрема механізована бригадаХолодний Яр) of the Operational Command "East", Ukraine, February 2023
93-rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyy Yar" (93-тяокрема механізована бригадаХолодний Яр) of the Operational Command "East", Bakhmut, Ukraine, February 2023
I don't know if it is to Ukraine's advantage to use "German Style" Balkenkreuze... Not that I'm bothered by it, but there will again be a lot of people who will pull themselves up by it.
Ukrainian soldiers covered their ears as an M109 self-propelled artillery unit was fired at Russian mortar positions around the strategic town of Vuhledar in December. Credit...Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Ukrainian soldiers preparing to head into battle near the frontline in Eastern Ukraine this month as the battle for Bakhmut continues. Credit...Lynsey Addario for The New York Times
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