EU wants to train more Ukrainian soldiers, but not in Ukraine 

BRUSSELS, Aug 30: The European Union wants to train more Ukrainian soldiers but remains divided over whether to provide the support in Ukraine itself, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Friday.

The EU has already set a goal of training around 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers this year, but with fierce fighting continuing in the war-torn country, the bloc wants to do more.

"We will discuss how to increase our training mission" of Ukrainian soldiers, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell told reporters in Brussels before a meeting of the bloc's defence ministers.
"We are thinking about having a coordination centre in Ukraine, but there is no agreement to train Ukrainian soldiers on Ukrainian soil with European instructors," Borrell added.    —AFP