EU set to train 15,000 more Ukrainian soldiers

The European Union will announce it will train an additional 15,000 Ukrainian troops through its military assistance mission and allocate €25 million ($27.3 million) for de-mining operations in deliberated Ukrainian territories at a summit, Anadolu learned Wednesday.

Top EU officials, including the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council head Charles Michel, will travel to Kyiv for the 24th EU-Ukraine summit Feb. 3.

The meeting will take place for the first since the beginning of the war and Ukraine has received EU candidate status.