Australian troops fly to UK to teach Ukrainian recruits ‘infantry tactics for urban and wooded environments’

Ukrainian troops in the country’s south-east. Australia is sending 70 defence force personnel to the UK to help train Ukrainian recruits. Photograph: Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Dozens of Australian defence force personnel are to fly from Darwin to the UK this week to begin training Ukrainian troops.

The government has committed to sending up to 70 ADF members to join a UK-led training operation. A handful have already left Australia to prepare but the majority are departing this week.