Ukrainians in Poland will be trained for units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – Foreign Minister Sikorski said

Poland plans to train a unit of Ukrainians living in Poland who are eligible for mobilization into the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

This was stated by Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, as reported by the local publication Rzeczpospolita.

“Poland has considered Ukraine’s request for training, but we concluded that it would be safer and more effective to prepare a Ukrainian unit from Ukrainians in Poland who are subject to conscription into the Ukrainian army, and that this would be a more effective way to help Ukraine,” said Radosław Sikorski.

Earlier, Poland commented on potential actions by Kyiv regarding the return of men of conscription age. Answering the question of what will happen if Ukraine proposes not to extend the residence permits for men of conscription age, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz stated, “We definitely will not protect draft evaders.”

It should be noted that there had already been rumors about Poles preparing units of Ukrainians for return to the country and deployment to the front.

“This is already being done on the initiative of certain marine corps leaders who are preparing small units on separate bases in Poland, and they will be arriving in Ukraine. For now, we are talking not about thousands, but about hundreds,” said MP Yuriy Kamelchuk.