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A vast anti-corruption operation took place on Wednesday in Ukraine before the summit with the EU to be held on Friday in kyiv.
EU forces will train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers, twice as many as planned.
Russian diplomacy denounces Macron's "absurd" remarks on the delivery of heavy weapons or planes and warns Israel.
In the Senate in Paris, the president of the Rada calls on France to be “the first to give modern planes” to kyiv.
The Ukrainian Defense Minister fears that Russia “attempts an offensive” around February 24.
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Ukraine's Defense Minister fears Russia will 'attempt an offensive' around February 24
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov was the guest of BFMTV on Wednesday evening.
As the anniversary date of the invasion of Ukraine (February 24) approaches, Ukrainian forces fear another large-scale military maneuver.
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EU wants to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers
The European Union wants to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers, doubling its initial target, to help kyiv deal with the Russian invasion, a European official announced on Wednesday.
The Twenty-Seven set up a program in November aimed at training 15,000 Ukrainians in its various member states.
"This figure will probably be reached before the end of the second quarter of this year and there will be a new training target of 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers by different European countries," said the official, on condition of anonymity.
The trainings take place in several European countries, with a main center of the mission located in Poland, a country bordering Ukraine.
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