Poland is ready to train up to 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers – Defense Minister Błaszczak
Warsaw is ready to train up to 30,000 Ukrainian servicepersons.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Mariusz Błaszczak said this during a press conference in Brussels after the meeting of defense ministers of EU countries, Ukrinform reports.
"We are ready to train 30,000 soldiers; this process is going very well," Błaszczak said.
According to him, the assessment of the audit conducted by European institutions regarding the training of the Ukrainian military in Poland is very high.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Poland also reported that in Brussels, he discussed with the Minister of Defense of Germany, Boris Pistorius, the creation of a hub for the repair and maintenance of tanks operated in Ukraine. According to him, there are "certain challenges" in this context, but he is convinced they will be successfully overcome.
Błaszczak also informed that Pistorius will soon visit Poland, so the parties will have the opportunity to discuss the details of the hub's creation.
Błaszczak also reported that in Brussels, he discussed the issue of ammunition production at Polish defense enterprises with the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
Błaszczak noted that there is an assurance from Breton that "in a very short period of time," the process of additional production of ammunition for the Ukrainian army will be put into effect, in particular at the Polish enterprise Dezamet SA.
According to him, the European Commission owns the appropriate funds for investments in the expansion of the production capacities of defense enterprises.
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