EU Agrees To Pursue Work on Ukraine Military Training Mission
- Belgium, Slovakia among countries to offer hosting program
- Defense ministers agree to keep working on mission parameters
Members of a volunteer battalion take part in a training session in the Kyiv region on August 27.
Photographer: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
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European Union countries agreed to start hammering out the details of a proposed training mission for Ukraine’s armed forces, with countries including Belgium and Slovakia offering to host the initiative.
The bloc’s defense ministers agreed “on launching the work necessary to define the parameters for an EU military assistance mission for Ukraine,” Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, told reporters after a meeting in Prague. Preparatory work will include contacts with Kyiv and defining legal and operational parameters, he added.