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UK extends Ukrainian soldiers' training for two more weeks.

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The duration of the combat course has been extended from three to five weeks. Around 4,700 troops have already been trained at military bases in the UK. The course, which includes military instructors from eight other countries, began in June.

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The Kyiv Independent’s Jared Goyette speaks with a Canadian volunteer, Brittney Shki-Giizis, who left the Canadian military to fight in Ukraine. A former tank instructor, she explains why she chose to come to the front, how she learned Ukrainian to serve in a Ukrainian unit, and how the war’s shift toward drones led her to become an FPV (first-person view) drone pilot.

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