The adviser to the Minister of Defense of France, Sébastien Lecornu, hinted that his country conducts training for the Ukrainian military.
Politico writes about it.
According to the official data of the French government, since the beginning of the war, France has conducted training for 40 Ukrainian soldiers. They were mainly trained to work with the French Caesar self-propelled guns.
According to an adviser to the Minister of Defense, French President Emmanuel Macron wants to remain a "balancing force" during Russiaʼs war against Ukraine.
"Emmanuel Macron was very clear — Ukraine will win and must win, but Russia cannot be humiliated. Our line is to show our solidarity with Ukraine and help it achieve victory — but if not, to be able to play a role when the conflict ends," said Sébastien Lecornu.
He hinted that other "specialized" French-led training could take place in secret.
“The United Kingdom has decided to go ahead with basic training. We provide more specialized training. Weʼre not going to tell you everything we do," the adviser said.
- In Great Britain, Ukrainian soldiers and sailors are currently being trained. According to the ambassador of Ukraine, the British are training a group of 10,000 volunteers, the training lasts 120 days. It is planned that the next 10,000 soldiers will be trained every next 120 days.
- Sweden, Finland, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand send their instructors to train Ukrainians in Britain.
- On August 29, Bloomberg wrote that the European Union will offer a new training mission for the Ukrainian military. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell is to discuss this issue with the defense ministers of the EU countries in Prague.
- On September 16, Poland, France and Germany published a joint statement in which they supported the idea of creating a new training mission for the Ukrainian military.