On January 10, volunteers will sign contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Vasyl Bodnar
The first unit of the Ukrainian Legion, which is being formed in Poland, has already left for our country.
This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar, Radio Liberty reports.
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The military will continue training in Ukraine. Then, on January 10, 2025, the next volunteers will sign contracts with the Ukrainian Armed Forces and go to the training ground in Poland for training.
“Of course, we would like the process to go faster, but it is going as it is. We are working to ensure that this information is publicly available in all EU countries, and possibly overseas. We can only stimulate voluntary encouragement, this is an absolutely voluntary unit. Our citizens who are proclaimed to it, I am convinced, will have the appropriate satisfaction for good training,” the ambassador said.
He added that the training of the first volunteer legionnaires will continue at Ukrainian training grounds. Bodnar did not name their number.
- The idea of creating a unit that Ukrainian refugees could join was announced in Poland in the summer.
- In the fall, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said that there were about a million men of draft age abroad, of which 300,000 were in Poland. According to him, Ukraine and Poland are working on creating a unit of Ukrainian volunteers.
- Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Poland had done everything to form such a unit, but there were not enough Ukrainian volunteers.