The EU plans to send military advisers to Ukraine – Siyarto
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto said that the European Union was considering the possibility of sending military advisers to Ukraine to participate in the training of the Ukrainian military.
Source: Siyarto after completion of the EU Council meeting in Luxembourg on April 14, reports “European Truth”
Details: Siyarto stressed that the EU can send military advisers to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers, and that Hungary opposes it.
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« They (EU – ed.) They want to send military advisers to Kiev – as part of a mission that was previously created to prepare Ukrainian soldiers, « Siyarto said.
He recalled that Hungary remained aside from this mission, but it had a basic condition – that such a mission could only act outside Ukraine.
EU military instructors should not conduct training programs for Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine, « as this entails a serious risk of escalation of war, » Siyarto said.
« It’s a red line for us, » he added.
The EU High Representative in Kai Callas Foreign Affairs at a press conference after the EU Council meeting also mentioned a training mission, but without specifics.
« We have a mission to prepare Ukrainian soldiers that have already prepared more than 73,000 people. So today we also discussed what we can do when it comes to (Training) missions. Should we expand the mission’s mandate, which do we have to make a contribution to the security guarantee of the coalition? ”She said.
Earlier it was reported that Britain is considering the possibility deployment of troops in the territory of UkraineThe main purpose of which will be immediate assistance in training and restoration of the Ukrainian armed forces to restrain another Russian attack.
Also, a « determined » coalition led by France and Britain stated that he was working on plan Sending a mission to Ukraine to guarantee the future « ceasefire ».