The Ministry of Defence said more than 45,000 Ukrainians have received training in the UK since February 2022 as part of Operation Interflex, which also covers dog handling techniques.
Dogs have saved 'hundreds' of Ukrainian lives by detecting Russian landmines on the front line, a serviceman has said. The 24-year-old is one of 20 Ukrainians learning dog handling techniques from the British Army at a barracks in the East Midlands, as part of Operation Interflex. Speaking through an interpreter at the barracks, the serviceman said he had always wanted to be a dog handler and that he is 'proud' of working with them during the war.
'It's important to give something back and also to see, especially in the current climate, how dogs can be used in the environment find themselves in at the minute,' he said. 'We see what challenges they've had to deal with, we see what factors they're having to consider which we, at the minute, aren't having to consider, and they've been really engaging.
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