Poland explains how Ukrainian Legion soldiers will be recruited and trained
Kyiv • UNN
Poland will not be involved in recruitment to the Ukrainian Legion, the process will be carried out through Ukrainian consulates. Instead, the Polish army will conduct basic training for volunteers on its territory.
Poland will not be looking for participants to join the Ukrainian Legion. The recruitment process is being implemented with the help of Ukrainian consulates. This was stated by Polish Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski on the air of "Polish Radio", UNN reports.
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As the Polish official emphasized, Poland will in no way be involved in the process of recruiting personnel to this unit of the Armed Forces, as it is not allowed to do so by law.
According to him, the media coverage of this issue will be joint, "to avoid distortions and to make everything clear.
Ukrainian volunteers, who will be recruited to the Ukrainian army on the basis of Ukrainian laws at Ukrainian consular offices, will undergo basic training at one of the training grounds in Poland, and will be trained by the Polish army
Zalewski also explained that the obligation to equip the Ukrainian military in this legion will be divided between the Ukrainian and Polish sides.
He noted that Poland is one of the largest training centers for the Ukrainian army abroad, with more than 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers having been trained in Poland.
He emphasized that after the training in Poland, Ukrainian soldiers will go to Ukraine to take part in combat operations and will have the right to return to Poland.
This is very important so that after completing their military service they can return to the place where they came from and where they left their families
Recall
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Poland sign a security agreement that provides for the formation and training of a new Ukrainian volunteer military unit called the "Ukrainian Legion.
This will allow Ukrainians living in Poland, Lithuania, and other EU countries to voluntarily join the defense of Ukraine.
