More than 200 military instructors from Canada will go to the UK to train the Ukrainian military. This was announced by Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand at a press conference on Thursday.. The first group of 90 military instructors will leave for the UK on August 12, Anand said..

More than 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers will take part in the exercises. Military experts from Britain, the Netherlands and New Zealand will take part in the program.

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The training will take place at a military base in southeast England.. Defenders of Ukraine will be trained in handling weapons, first aid and patrol tactics.

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As part of the UNIFER program, since 2015, the Canadian armed forces have trained more than 33,000. Ukrainian military and security forces, but after the start of a full-scale invasion, Russia suspended training.

Also, a group of instructors and military personnel were sent by the British government to assist and develop the operational and combat capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

On August 1, it was reported that Ukrainian sailors and marines are being trained on warships of the Royal Navy of Great Britain..