The United States and its allies have spent years and billions of dollars providing weapons assistance and training support for Kiev, with aid ramped up dramatically since the escalation of the long-embering crisis in February.

New Zealand will deploy an additional 120 troops to provide training to their Ukrainian counterparts across four bases in the UK, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

“New Zealand has been clear that we will continue to answer the call of Ukraine for practical support as they defend their homeland and people against Russia’s unjustified invasion. We know that one of the highest priorities for Ukraine right now is to train its soldiers, and New Zealand is proud to stand in solidarity alongside a number of other countries to answer that call,” Ardern said in a statement on Monday.

The 120 troops will join thirty New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel deployed to Britain in May to train Ukrainian forces in the use of L119 light howitzers. The new troops’ mission will be to train about 800 Ukrainian infantryman for combat, including in the handling of weapons and emergency first aid.

The reinforcements are expected to make their way to Britain aboard commercial flights over the next three weeks, with the deployment set to end at the end of November.

New Zealand Defense Minister Peeni Henare said the new deployment would allow the NZDF to “gain valuable experience through conducting core soldier skills in a foreign environment, alongside key partners, which promotes retention in our defense workforce.”

Henare emphasized that all training will take place “exclusively” in Britain, and that “our DZDF personnel will not enter Ukraine.”

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FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW............

ANY COUNTRY THAT HELPS THE US EMPIRE, WHILE JULIAN ASSANGE IS IN PRISON, IS A STUPID HYPOCRITE NATION..... ON THE ISSUE OF UKRAINE, UKRAINE IS NOT ONE COUNTRY BUT TWO WHICH SHOULD BE SEPARATED FORTHWITH. IT IS TOO LATE NOW TO REVERT TO THE REASONABLE MINSK AGREEMENTS OF AUTONOMY, AS THE DONBASS REGION IS NOT PART OF UKRAINE ANYMORE (NEVER WAS REALLY). END OF STORY. THE SOONER THE WEST UNDERSTANDS THIS, THE SOONER PEACE WILL COME.... IT IS SAD TO SEE JACINDA, DOING SO WELL SO FAR, JOINS THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY, TO PLEASE DELUDED WARMONGERS IN WASHINGTON....

WITH THE DECEITFUL US HEGEMONY AND ITS ROTTEN MEDIA FILLING THE BRAINS OF DECENT PEOPLE, ONE COULD DESPAIR, BUT WE HOPE FOR THE WEST TO SOON UNDERSTAND THAT PUSHING RUSSIA WHICH IS DEFENDING RUSSIANS IN THE DONBASS, WILL MAKE THE GALICIA PART OF "FORMER" UKRAINE SUFFER FAR MORE FOR NO REASON. STOP SUPPORTING ZELENSKY AND HIS NAZIS.