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France will train about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers

2022-10-16 20:46:37, Kosova & Bota CNA
France will train about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron

France has announced it will supply Ukraine with air defense systems and expand a training program for Ukrainian soldiers.

Up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers will join military units in France for several weeks of combat training, more specialized training in logistics and other needs, and training on equipment that France will provide to Ukraine, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said. , in an interview with Le Parisien.

"We are observing the fact that the war, unfortunately, will last", the newspaper quotes the French minister as saying.

"A new generation of soldiers must also be trained."

France had previously trained Ukrainian artillery troops to use the Caesar self-propelled howitzers, which it had provided to Ukraine.

The minister said the batteries of the air defense systems, Crotale, which France is preparing to send to Ukraine "will be particularly useful in the fight against drones and aerial bombardment".

He did not specify how many of them would go to Ukraine, but said "it will be important to enable them to protect their skies."

In August, the British army announced that for 120 days it will train 10,000 Ukrainian recruits in shooting, providing combat first aid and for battles in cities./ REL





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