During the training mission, European instructors will teach thousands of Ukrainian military to manage weapons systems, reports The New York Times with reference to an official and diplomats in the West.
Now the European community trains the Ukrainian military in African countries and at some European bases, but in private. The planned mission of the European Union will be much large -scale and will be the first such event in Europe.
Negotiations on its creation were conducted for several weeks. According to diplomats, the European Union countries were originally afraid that such a mission could threaten the risk of “more involvement in hostilities.”