Poland is able to equip and train a Ukrainian military brigade, the Polish defence minister said on Friday after a sitting of a contact team overseeing aid for Ukraine in Germany's Ramstein airbase.
Poland's Defence Ministry has decided to double the number of places available on a winter holiday training day teaching people how to shoot and the basics of first aid owing to a surge in interest.
The Irish budget airline Ryanair will "most likely" launch one of its two planned European pilot training centres in Poland, the company has told PAP.
Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat, has paid a visit to a newly-established EU training mission for Ukrainian troops in Poland.
The Polish defence minister has expressed satisfaction with the fact that his EU counterparts are in agreement regarding the need to support Ukraine.
An EU training mission for Ukrainian soldiers will take place in Poland, Germany and any other country that decides to accept this responsibility, the Polish foreign minister has said.
The Netherlands will send 50 to 100 soldiers to take part in the training of Ukrainian soldiers in Poland and Germany, the country’s defence minister announced on Wednesday.
Piotr Trytek, a Polish general, was on Thursday appointed operational commander of a European Union training mission for Ukrainian soldiers, PAP has confirmed.
In addition to gun handling, shooting and hand-to-hand fighting, trainees will learn how to make a fire and purify water, and how to find directions without using a GPS.
Another 1,000 volunteers commenced basic military training on Monday across Poland, the defence minister has announced on Twitter.
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