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Sweden announced its readiness to send its soldiers to Ukraine

For about a month now, the EU has been developing a plan to create a military advisory mission in Ukraine. Within its framework, they will train the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and improve military higher education.

Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said that his country is ready to send soldiers to Ukraine for the educational mission of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. About this he stated on the air of the TV4 channel.

Due to the concentration of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, the Minister of Defense announced that he was ready to send Swedish troops to Ukraine. This could become part of the training mission of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in which several EU countries have shown interest,

Note that ex-Defense Minister Andrei Taran announced the emergence of the EU military advisory mission. According to him, the mission will appear before the end of 2021. Ukraine has been actively negotiating with the EU, following which it is expected to attract 30 permanent EU advisers.

The participation of Europeans, Taran argued, would allow for an institutional audit, and a multi-level military education system would be created in the Armed Forces, and high-quality distance learning would be introduced.

Earlier, the media wrote that the idea of ​​creating a military advisory mission supported by 8 countries:

  1. Estonia
  2. Latvia
  3. Lithuania
  4. Poland
  5. Romania
  6. Slovakia
  7. Sweden
  8. Finland

We will remind, in a conversation with Putin, the President of France said that they ready to defend the territorial integrity of Ukraine… According to the Ministry of Defense, more than 100,000 Russian troops are stationed near the Ukrainian borders.

In the West intelligence warns Ukraine of “high likelihood” of destabilization by Russia this winter. The Kremlin rejects all arguments and publications in the media, stating that the country does not pose a threat to anyone.

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