EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. File photoBRUSSELS, Aug 22The European training mission to train the Ukrainian military will be located on the territory of one of the neighboring countries of the European Union with Ukraine, said the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell. «This will not be in Ukraine, but in the territory of neighboring countries,» he said at a press conference following an international conference in the Spanish city of Santander. Borrell's speech was broadcast by the European External Action Service on Twitter.The United States said that the NATO and EU agreements on Ukraine could collapse Borrell recalled that some European countries are already training military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, for the operation of equipment supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces. «Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained in Poland, the Czech Republic, Great Britain and France. We are supplying fairly sophisticated weapons, training is necessary for their operation,» Borrell explained. military mission, parameters and deployment time will be specified. The corresponding decision was made by the Ministers of Defense of the EU countries at a meeting in January.Zelensky's call split Europe, media write. Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed launching a large-scale training operation for Ukrainian troops with the ability to train up to ten thousand soldiers every four months. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the president, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. The Russian army, together with the forces of the DPR and LPR, completely liberated the Luhansk People's Republic and a significant part of Donetsk, including Volnovakha, Mariupol and Svyatogorsk.
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