KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s high commander mentioned on Monday he had signed paperwork permitting French army instructors to go to Ukrainian coaching centres quickly.
“I am pleased to welcome France’s initiative to send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian servicemen,” Oleksandr Syrskyi mentioned on the Telegram messaging app after talks through video hyperlink with French defence minister Sebastien Lecornu.
“I have already signed the documents that will enable the first French instructors to visit our training centres shortly and familiarize themselves with their infrastructure and personnel,” Syrskyi mentioned.
Syrskyi gave no additional particulars however mentioned he believed that France’s willpower would encourage different companions to affix this “ambitious project.”
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry in a “clarification” issued afterward X mentioned Kyiv had been expressing curiosity in a venture receiving overseas instructors since February.
“As of now, we are still in discussions with France and other countries on this issue,” it mentioned.
French President Emmanuel Macron has opened the door to sending troops to Ukraine and at a convention in Paris on Feb. 26 prompt that one space Western troops may assist with could be to coach Ukrainians in Ukraine.
France’s Defence Ministry mentioned in a press release to Reuters: “As already mentioned several times, training on Ukrainian soil is one of the projects discussed since the conference on support for Ukraine convened by the President of the Republic on February 26.
“Like all of the initiatives mentioned at the moment, this monitor continues to be the topic of labor with the Ukrainians, specifically to know their precise wants.”
