British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 22British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that «dozens» of Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in Britain, during which they are taught how to use British armored vehicles, including the Mastiff, Husky and Wolfhound. «I can say that at the moment we are teaching Ukrainians in Poland to use the means air defense, and in the UK — to use armored vehicles, «the Guardian newspaper quotes Johnson as saying. As the newspaper notes, after completing the training, the military will go back to Ukraine along with a batch of 120 armored vehicles, including 80 Mastiff, Husky and Wolfhound combat armored personnel carriers. . In addition, the shipment includes Spartan armored reconnaissance vehicles, Samaritan medical vehicles, as well as Samson repair and recovery vehicles and Sultan command and staff vehicles. Following Johnson's meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Downing Street said that the UK would send Ukraine 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
