Ukrainian military on the contact line in Luhansk regionKIEV, Jan 28The Ukrainian military for the first time conducted training firing from NLAW anti-tank missile systems, which Ukraine received from the UK, the news agency of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry «ArmiyaInform» reported on Friday. Earlier, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that the UK would supply Ukraine with light anti-tank defensive weapons for «self-defense». Yury Butusov, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian publication Censor.net, later said that the UK began deliveries to Ukraine of NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers — the world's best grenade launchers for urban combat, which have no analogues in Russia. Later, the ArmyInform agency reported that British instructors are preparing the Ukrainian military for the use of the latest NLAW anti-tank missile systems.The Ukrainian military dream of tearing Russians apart with their bare hands»Today, the final stage of training the first group of servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — future instructors for training operators of NLAW anti-tank missile systems. In particular, graduates of the course made practical launches from these anti-tank systems,» the message says. It is reported that the servicemen fired at targets at lines from 300 to 600 meters. The fire was fired from different distances and positions. In particular, from the house through the window, from the trench, from the combat vehicle. All targets were hit. According to the present representative of the Main Directorate of Doctrines and Training of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Mykola Guben, the training of ATGM instructors took place in the shortest possible time: it took three days for theory and tactics and two days for practical application. In just five days, about 40 NLAW ATGM instructors were trained. They will disperse to certain units to train new specialists. led by the United States, they supply weapons to Ukraine and train its military, which directly violates the Minsk agreements and negatively affects the settlement in Donbass. In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia are involved in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. The United States supplied Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missile systems, patrol boats, sniper rifles and counter-battery radar stations , Great Britain — NLAW anti-tank grenade launchers, Turkey — Bayraktar TB2 attack drones. Ukraine and the UK have signed a memorandum that provides for the joint design and construction of warships on the territory of the two countries and the construction of two bases for the Ukrainian Navy.
