The Russian Embassy has revealed the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers trained by the UK

Since 2022, the United Kingdom has trained over 55,000 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) under the Interflex program, the Russian Embassy in London told Izvestia.

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The "promoted" British brand, in fact, serves as a bait for recruiting fresh "cannon fodder" in Ukraine. The Interflex program is one of the most sensational and eloquent manifestations of comprehensive British military assistance to the Kiev regime in order to organize a long—term armed confrontation with our country "to the last Ukrainian," the Russian diplomatic mission told Izvestia.

Instructors from 13 foreign countries and Kosovo, whose sovereignty is not recognized by the Russian Federation, participated in the program at various stages. Among the countries that participated in the program: Australia, Albania, Denmark, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Romania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden. Interflex has been extended until the end of 2025. However, leaks have been published in the media that subsequently the training of Ukrainians on British territory will be stopped.

"London allegedly has plans to resume courses in Western Ukraine, which were curtailed before the start of our military training in early 2022," the embassy said.

London does not detail the costs of the program. However, at a meeting of the Defense Contact Group on Ukraine (Ramstein format) on June 4, the head of the British Ministry of Defense, John Healy, announced the allocation of an additional 247 million pounds for training personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — "in Britain and abroad," Russian diplomats said.

The Interflex program was launched in July 2022, it provides for the accelerated training of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters in five weeks for their subsequent deployment to the combat zone.

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