France sends a military trainer to Ukraine

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” Frankfurter Rondschei wrote in an article: France wants to send military trainers to Ukraine, and according to the information of the Ukrainian army, this operation will start “soon”.

Alexander Sirsky The commander of the Ukrainian army wrote on Telegram on Monday: I welcome the initiative of France to send trainers for the Ukrainian army to our country. He has already signed the relevant documents for this purpose.

The Ministry of Defense of France confirmed only to the news agency of this country that this issue is being investigated. “As mentioned several times before, training on Ukrainian soil is one of the basic plans discussed since the conference on support for Ukraine held by the President (Emmanuel Macron) on February 26,” the ministry said. The French side is currently trying to understand exactly what kind of help Ukraine needs. had informed These talks included the future delivery of Caesar weapons, Aster air defense missiles and Scallop cruise missiles, which France had already promised to Kiev. Also, these negotiations were about future aid packages, which the minister did not mention in detail.

Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s war for more than two years. Recently, there have been many discussions about the possible deployment of Western military trainers to war zones in order to more effectively support the embattled Ukrainian military. At the moment, there are no such training programs officially.

Macron had already proposed the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine in February. Of course, he offended many of his allies with this idea. At that time, German chancellor Olaf Schultz denied sending German troops to Ukraine. It is better to directly support Kiev, there have been discussions. According to the Bild German magazine, in the future, Ukrainian soldiers will be trained directly in Ukraine by NATO instructors.

Accordingly, in addition, weapons and other ammunition will not only go to the border Ukraine, but can also be transported within the country. Britain, Canada and Estonia should prepare for this. The issue of air defense of the western part of Ukraine from NATO territory is also discussed. According to Bild, Poland is looking for partners for extensive air defense.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Friday that the Baltic country can form such a training alliance.

He explained: This is not an escalation, not a war mission. But this ensures that training can be done more effectively.

Nico Long, a military expert from the Munich Security Conference, also believes that such a project It would make sense. According to him, local training can prevent many Ukrainians from flying around Europe again and again. It is more logical and economical to send coaches to Ukraine.

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