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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harry Davies and Manisha Ganguly

Up to 50 UK special forces present in Ukraine this year, US leak suggests

A member of the Ukrainian special forces fires a weapon during a training exercise in the Donetsk region
A member of the Ukrainian special forces fires a weapon during a training exercise in the Donetsk region. It is unclear what activities the UK special forces may have been engaged in. Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

Leaked US military documents indicate that the UK has deployed as many as 50 special forces to Ukraine.

The documents suggest that more than half of the western special forces personnel present in Ukraine between February and March this year may have been British.

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