Also in Bavaria: US military trains Ukrainian soldiers on base
Created: 05/04/2022, 22:02
By: Felix Herz
Training at the Grafenwöhr military base (symbol image) © ZUMA Wire/Imago
The US military is currently training Ukrainian soldiers at the US military base in Grafenwoehr.
This was confirmed by a spokesman for the army.
Grafenwöhr – The training of Ukrainian soldiers in Germany is controversial.
The concern: Germany could make itself an official war party.
The scientific service of the Bundestag recently shared these concerns in a report.
The discussions about this should not stop now.
Because what has been rumored for days is now official: Ukrainian soldiers are also being trained in Bavaria.
US troops train Ukrainian soldiers in Bavaria
The United States is also training Ukrainian soldiers at the US military base in Grafenwoehr, Upper Palatinate, using western military equipment.
"We train in Grafenwoehr," said a representative of the US military on Wednesday.
According to this, 50 to 60 soldiers are currently being trained there on the artillery system.
It is difficult to give concrete figures because the soldiers come in groups.
The second group is currently being trained in Grafenwoehr.
"We are training an appropriate number of people for the systems that we have," it said.
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Bavaria: Training with Western military equipment - USA also active in other countries
The United States announced last week that it had started training Ukrainian soldiers in Germany and other countries.
The US government is providing Ukraine with weapons and ammunition on a large scale.
“There are some nations that we train in that are uncomfortable with this being publicly announced.
So we'll continue to respect that," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said of other training locations.
(fh/dpa)
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