Boris Johnson visited Yorkshire this week to meet Ukrainian soldiers training in the UK, and new footage shows the Prime Minister throwing a grenade and using some of the equipment.
The UK armed forces are training groups of Ukrainians as part of the support provided after the Russian invasion.
Johnson, who announced his resignation as prime minister earlier this month, was seen speaking to Ukrainian and British troops, and posing with military equipment such as machine guns and grenades.
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Image: Boris Johnson giving a speech to Ukrainian soldiers. Image: Downing Street Image: Image: Downing Street
The pictures were taken by Mr Johnson’s publicly funded personal photographer, who works part-time on a full-time equivalent salary of between £100,000 and £104,999.
When it was announced, the government said the plan to train Ukrainian soldiers in the UK could process 10,000 soldiers every 120 days.
The UK is said to have provided more than £2.3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including weapons.
In a video posted on his social media, Johnson said: “I met with some of the 400 Ukrainian soldiers who are here, trained by our forces, preparing to go and fight in Ukraine.
“It’s part of a big commitment we’ve made to train Ukrainian forces.
“We want to train about 10,000 of them over the next four months. This is in addition to the investment we are making to support the Ukrainians with weaponry: 6,900, anti-tank weapons, about 120 armored vehicles and much more, in addition to now including ., the multiple rocket launch systems that along with the Americans, the Germans and others that we’re providing are really starting to make a difference, hopefully, in the course of this war, starting to push back the evil onslaught of Putin in Ukraine.
“I know that in the end, the Ukrainian people will succeed, I know that the Ukrainian forces will succeed.
“I am very proud of the role that the UK has been able to play so far. But in the end, that is thanks to the bravery and heroism of these Ukrainian troops.”