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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sam Russell

‘War can knock on everyone’s door’, warns Ukrainian soldier after training in UK

A Ukrainian soldier who is among more than 60,000 to have received military training in the UK said ahead of a departure parade that “everybody needs to understand that the war can knock on everyone’s door”.

The soldier, who gave his name only as Dmytro, said: “It’s really difficult to wake up at night, to wake up your kids because the enemy is attacking even the furthest areas of Ukraine.

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