UK's Boris Johnson offers Ukraine soldiers' training programme

British PM Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to take questions in parliament, in London
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to take questions in parliament, in London, Britain June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered to launch a major training operation for Ukrainian forces, with the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers every 120 days at a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, his office said.

Johnson, who arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on a visit shrouded in secrecy, said: "My visit today, in the depths of this war, is to send a clear and simple message to the Ukrainian people: the UK is with you, and we will be with you until you ultimately prevail."

Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Kate Holton

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