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Rocket event in Kyiv area, Ukraine on Fri 21st January 2022
21st January 2022
UK Sends 30 Elite Troops, 2000 Anti-tank Weapons To Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion Fears “Their deployment isn't routine, they're equipped with tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, rocket artillery, and short-range ballistic missiles," UK Def Sec said Britain has dispatched around 30 elite troops, some 2,000 anti-tank missile launchers, and the British surveillance aircraft to Ukraine under Operational Orbital [official name of British military's security assistance mission to Kyiv that began in 2015 after Moscow annexation of Crimea] amid the fears of the imminent Russian invasion. Members of the UK’s Ranger Regiment, part of the army's newly formed Special Operations Brigade, flew out the military planes with the anti-tank weaponry to help Kyiv soldiers fight over 127,000 Russian forces that have amassed on the border, sources revealed to Britain’s SKY news. See also: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-receives-second-batch-us-weapons-russian-stand-off-2022-01-23/
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