Officers from two battalions said British special forces had visited them in the past two weeks for a critical crash in the handling of powerful weapons supplied by the United Kingdom. Previously, soldiers learned how to use them by watching videos on YouTube. Britain sent military trainers to Ukraine for the first time since the invasion of Crimea in 2014, but said it withdrew its forces from the country in February to avoid a possible direct confrontation with Russia and NATO over dragging into the war. However, Captain Yuriy Myronenko, whose battalion is stationed at Obolon in the northern suburbs of Kiev, told the Times that the training had resumed and was necessary for returning recruits and veterans who had no experience with anti-tank missiles. “We have received enormous military assistance from Britain,” he said. “But the people who knew how to use NLAW were in other places, so we had to go to YouTube to find out for ourselves. You can learn in seven minutes, five to seven minutes. “After that we had a good training session. British officers were here two weeks ago in our unit and trained us very well. And because we were successful, we are confident now. “