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A contingent of 250 Oklahoma National Guard soldiers is headed to Ukraine as a part of a training program designed to help the war-torn nation’s military stand on its own.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment are set to deploy to western Ukraine next month as a part of Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, an international program designed to boost the country’s military capability and bring stability to the region.

Soldiers have spent months preparing for the environment they will be working in once they arrive in Ukraine. But Lt. Col. Colby Wyatt, the battalion’s commander, said there’s at least one factor the unit will just have to learn to live with.

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