EU to prepare 15,000 more Ukrainian soldiers by end of year – top EU diplomat

Ministers of defence of the EU countries agreed at an informal meeting on 30 August to increase the number of Ukrainian soldiers who would train within the EU Military Assistance Mission (EUMAM).

Source: Josep Borrell, a top EU diplomat for foreign policy and security policy, at a press conference, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Borrell noted the achievements of EUMAM which became "the most successful training mission the European Union has ever performed". He confirmed that 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained within it.

"And today the ministers agreed to raise the target [number] to 75,000, adding 15,000 more by the end of the year," Borrell announced.

He noted that the training of Ukrainian soldiers would adjust to the situation on the battlefield and be coordinated with Kyiv.

"In order to do that, I proposed, and the member states agreed, on establishing a small liaison coordination centre in Kyiv. This will allow us to directly coordinate with other relevant actors [of the training process – ed.]," Borrell explained.

Background: 

• The EUMAM mission was created in October 2022 to help train Ukrainian soldiers.
• The training within EUMAM is mostly held in Poland and Germany but, according to the media, the EU considers conducting training on the territory of Ukraine.

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