Germany will continue training for Ukrainian recruits in 2025
More Ukrainian army recruits may receive basic training in Germany next year.
This was stated by the head of the EU Command, Andreas Marlow, RBC-Ukraine reports citing Reuters.
"We have received more requests for training as Ukraine continues to mobilize, in particular, for basic training, which is mainly provided by the UK," he said.
According to him, this is likely to affect the collective training - involving entire companies or battalions - that has so far been conducted in Germany and which follows basic training.
Marlow noted that Kyiv is looking to conduct more training on its own to simplify logistics and allow troops to be available on the battlefield in a shorter time. Spain provides some training for Ukrainian troops, as does Poland.
The Special Training Command (STC) is part of a European Union military mission established in 2022 to train about 60,000 Ukrainian troops in various skills by mid-November 2024 to help Kyiv fight the Russian invasion.
In Germany, instructors from 14 countries are teaching soldiers how to operate tanks and Patriot and IRIS-T air defense systems, snipers, engineers, paramedics, and drone operators are mastering their professions, and IT
Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 27/06/2024
