Ukrainian servicemen . File photoPARIS, Sep 27France plans to start a five-week training course for Ukrainian soldiers in Poland by the end of 2022, the Monde newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing a source in the country's defense ministry. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine, said that Western countries those who support the Kyiv regime and send weapons to it become a party to the conflict. He also noted that any shipments that contain weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine.The French Foreign Minister is visiting Kyiv»According to our information, the Ministry of Defense decided to support the mission to train Ukrainian soldiers agreed this summer by the European Union, and developed the basic principles for its participation in it. The French military will be based in Poland, where they will conduct five-week exercises in specialized military camps. The General Staff expressed a desire to speed up this process and start work before the end of 2022, «the publication reports. The principles for organizing the EU military training mission (EUTM) were determined on August 30 during a meeting of the heads of the defense ministries and foreign ministers of the EU countries in Prague. The program and content of the mission are still being discussed and may be presented in mid-October. A number of European countries, including Denmark and Spain, have already expressed their intention to launch their own training programs for the Ukrainian military, without waiting for a common EU program.
New Zealand will not be able to provide further military assistance to UkraineAccording to the French publication, before the participation of the French military was limited to instructing Ukrainian artillerymen on the use of Caesar guns. According to the Elysee Palace, 150 Ukrainian specialists were trained by the French army. Part of the French military worked in Kyiv, the other — in the Canjuers military camp in the department of Var. France had previously supplied the Ukrainian side with 18 CAESAR self-propelled artillery mounts with a caliber of 155 millimeters, taking them from the ground forces reserve. In September, French media reported that France would also supply Ukraine with 155 mm TRF1 self-propelled guns, which are no longer used by the French army. Estonia modules and mobile hospitals
