00:00On a property in the north of England, a mass casualty event is unfolding.
00:10It would be a confronting scene if it was real, but this is a military training exercise.
00:17Members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have come to the UK for six weeks of battlefield
00:22medicine training.
00:23We've been asked not to identify them for their safety.
00:26Ultimately it's all about saving lives and giving the surgeon a live casualty, but also
00:31that they can actually share their skills with other Ukrainians and that it can be passed
00:36on.
00:37When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, this trainee we'll
00:42call Anna was just a student.
00:44Now she evacuates injured soldiers from the front line.
00:49This job makes your adrenaline jump and you must forget about your own emotions.
00:54The most important thing is to save lives.
00:57As diplomats keep pushing for a ceasefire, training programs such as this will continue.
01:03The soldiers here are sceptical a ceasefire would ever hold, so they want these skills
01:08to take back to the front line.
01:11It won't work with Russians.
01:12They will not stand ceasefire.
01:14They will not follow anything.
01:16They do only what they want, so they use the ceasefire only for preparation for next attack.
01:22If a deal is reached to stop the fighting, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he'll
01:27oppose foreign peacekeepers in Ukraine.
01:30But France and the UK hope to put together what they're calling a reassurance force.
01:35I'd go to Ukraine tomorrow.
01:36Obviously there's talk about British troops going in.
01:39I'd be happy to go and support my colleagues, our partner nations, in their fight against this.
01:45If I could help support a lasting peace in Ukraine, I absolutely would, if that was what
01:51was asked of me.
01:52For now, they say they'll keep helping Ukraine on British soil, for as long as they're needed.
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