New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that her country would send up to 30 Ministry of Defense personnel to the UK to arrange training for Ukrainian military personnel.
A group of up to 30 New Zealand soldiers will be sent to the UK to train Ukrainian soldiers to use L119 light artillery, according to a statement published by Ardern on the New Zealand government’s website.
They suggested to our training group that, in addition to the extensive assistance we provide to Ukraine, they train Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to use the “L119 ″ system by the end of next July.”
New Zealand Defense Minister Benny Khinari stressed that the task of the training group in New Zealand was to train only Ukrainian soldiers, and stressed that his country’s soldiers would not enter Ukrainian territory. . “The vanguard will arrive in the UK this week and the rest of the artillery training group will join him soon, and the training of Ukraine’s military personnel will begin early next month,” he said. they included “about 40 sights for weapons, as well as a small amount.” training ammunition.
Source: TASS
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