Newly recruited Ukainian soldiers train for frontline deployment as uncertainty looms

Newly recruited Ukrainian soldiers train for frontline deployment in the Donetsk region as Kyiv approaches a period of uncertainty.

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00:00On a cold winter's day in Ukraine's Donetsk region, a group of newly recruited soldiers

00:06began their training drills designed to prepare them for real combat on the frontlines against

00:11Russian forces.

00:13The men from Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade are a combination of both new recruits who've

00:18never fought and others who've been transferred from rear positions to train for the frontlines.

00:24The training is set to last 45 days and is designed to be extensive, covering every aspect

00:30of tactical action needed on the battlefield.

00:34With the war approaching its third anniversary, the future remains clouded for Kiev as U.S.

00:39President Donald Trump takes office.

00:42Trump told reporters that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had informed him he wanted

00:46to make a peace deal, expressing hope that his Russian counterpart would follow suit.

00:52Trump says Putin would be destroying Russia by failing to make a deal, as he pointed to

00:56Russia's troubled economy.

00:59Trump who vowed during his campaign trail to end the war on his first day in office

01:04has since backtracked and revised his offer to a more realistic six-month window.

01:09But in the meantime, while the war continues to rage, Ukraine is opting to prepare for

01:14the worst and ensure their troops are battle-ready.