Kyiv and Warsaw report formation of Ukrainian Legion in Poland

Ukraine and Poland's foreign ministers, Andrii Sybiha and Radosław Sikorski, discussed the progress in establishing the Ukrainian Legion on Polish soil.

Source: Sybiha and Sikorski at a joint press conference in Kyiv on 13 September, as reported by European Pravda 

Details: According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha, the formation of the Ukrainian Legion, as outlined in the bilateral security agreement requires "appropriate practical steps through the ministries of defence".

Quote: "They are now at the stage of finalisation, and since this is a sensitive issue, after the necessary preparatory measures are completed, this project will go into practice," Sybiha added.

In turn, Sikorski confirmed that he had discussed the issue of the Ukrainian Legion with his Ukrainian counterpart, but would not disclose details so as not to provide additional information to Russia for possible acts of sabotage.

"But I must say that we moved the matter forward a little," the Polish minister said, confirming Warsaw's readiness to prepare a Ukrainian unit in Poland, consisting of Ukrainians abroad.

Background: 

• At a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Ukraine-Poland security agreement provides for the creation of the Ukrainian Legion, in which Ukrainians abroad will be able to join and receive training on a voluntary basis.
• On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced that several thousand people have registered to join the Ukrainian Legion, a new voluntary military unit in Poland.
• Journalists reported that the Ukrainian Legion is supposedly still an "idea on paper".

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