INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Britain is to send helicopters to Ukraine for the first time since Russia's invasion, the defense ministry in London said on Wednesday.Ten
crews of Ukrainian service personnel and engineers underwent a six-week training program in the U.K., as part of the "first helicopter
has donated to Ukraine," the ministry said.In addition to the three former British military Sea King helicopters, the first of which has
Ukraine to secure the land it has reclaimed from Russia in recent weeks," Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said.British Prime Minister Rishi
armed forces.Ukrainian troops face plummeting temperatures as they battle through the winter to eject Russian forces from occupied Ukrainian
territory.The announcement came as Wallace visited Norway for a meeting of the Northern Group of defense ministers onboard the U.K.'s
aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.The 12-strong Northern Group is a U.K
initiative aimed at promoting defense and security cooperation in northern Europe.Other members are Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany,
Kyiv three times and funneling military hardware, funding and training resources to the country.
