EU doubles to 30,000 number of Ukraine troops to train

(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, FEB 1 - The European Union is doubling the number of Ukrainian troops it aims to train to 30,000 as it seeks to bolster Kyiv's fightback against Russia, EU officials said Wednesday. The 27-nation bloc set up a programme for Ukrainian forces in November with the initial target of training 15,000. "This will be reached probably before the end of the second quarter of this year and there will be a new additional target of a further 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by various European countries," an EU official said. "So that will bring the number of Ukrainian soldiers trained in this scheme to 30,000." The increased figure -- to be formally announced at an EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv on Friday -- comes as European allies step up their military support. (ANSA-AFP).

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