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Boris Johnson met Ukrainian troops being trained by the UK to fight a Russian invasion during a visit to a military training center in North Yorkshire.
Pictures taken during Boris Johnson's meeting with Ukrainian soldiers training in the UK show the Prime Minister taking part in training exercises and at one point throwing a grenade at them.
Boris Johnson met Ukrainian troops being trained by the UK to fight a Russian invasion during a visit to a military training center in North Yorkshire. The training is being delivered as part of UK military assistance to Ukraine.
Pictures released by Ten Downing Street show the outgoing prime minister talking to Ukrainian and British soldiers and posing with artillery including grenades and machine guns.
The pictures of Johnson at the event were taken by his government-funded personal photographer who, according to Sky News, works part-time on a salary of between £100,000 and £14,999, compared to a full-time employee. is equal to the salary of
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A separate video of the Prime Minister's visit has also been shared on his Twitter account, in which he is proud of the steps Britain has taken so far to support Ukraine.
Speaking on the occasion, Boris Johnson said: 'I am meeting some of the 400 Ukrainian soldiers here who are being trained by our forces and are getting ready to go and fight in Ukraine.
This is part of our broader commitment to training Ukrainian forces.
He added that we want to train about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the next four months. This move is on top of the military investment we are making to help Ukraine with weapons, including 6,900 anti-tank weapons, about 120 armored vehicles and more. The multiple launch rocket systems we are providing to Ukraine with the Americans, Germans and other partners are beginning to make a real difference in the fight and we hope that Putin's 'monstrous attacks' on Ukraine during the fight. will be helpful in repelling.
According to him: "I know that in the end the Ukrainian people will be successful, I know that the Ukrainian forces will be successful." I am proud of the role that Britain has been able to play so far. But it is thanks to the bravery of these Ukrainian soldiers.
The images come as Boris Johnson has been accused of 'clocking off' after not attending a meeting of the government's emergency 'Cobra Committee' to discuss the heatwave last week.
Instead of attending the meeting, he visited the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, which took place a few days after he flew in a Typhoon jet with the Royal Air Force.
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