CHRIS PLEASANCE: Inside the camp coaching Ukrainian recruits to outlive their ‘lethal first weeks’ of battle

I think one of my most memorable moments covering the Ukraine war was when I visited a training camp in England last year. 

The base was hosting dozens of fresh Ukrainian recruits who were going through a crash course in soldiering. If you can survive five weeks, the thinking goes, then you’ve probably learned enough to look after yourself. 

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