Ukrainian troops train in Poland for harsh winter warfare

A Ukrainian soldier holds AK-47 rifle in a trench during Combined Arms Training in Wedrzyn, Poland, December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

WEDRZYN, Poland (Reuters) - In a snow-covered field in western Poland, Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in trench warfare, just days before being sent to the front in what has become a grinding war of attrition against Russia.

Reuters was among a number of media organisations invited this week to watch the training, which was conducted by soldiers from Poland, France and Belgium, in Wedrzyn, around 40 kilometres from the German border.