BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union defense ministers will discuss the deployment of a military training mission to Ukraine at a meeting next week in Prague, the EU’s top representative said on Wednesday. the EU for External Affairs.
“We have to assess what support we can still give to Ukraine, and how to increase the cost paid by Russia for this conflict,” wrote Josep Borrell in a blog post published on the occasion of Independence Day. Ukrainian.
“We will discuss this next week in Prague. We will also discuss the issue of issuing visas to Russian nationals and the deployment of a possible military training mission in Ukraine,” he added.
Josep Borrell said Poland, the Czech Republic, Britain and France are already training Ukrainian forces.
Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine six months ago to the day, on February 24.
(Report John Chalmers; French version Camille Raynaud, edited by Tangi Salaün)
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