The Council of the European Union at the official level continued its support to Ukraine that includes military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and training of personnel.

This happened on February 2, on the eve of the Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held today in Kyiv.

This regards a seventh package worth €500 million under the European Peace Facility (EPF), and a new €45 million assistance measure supporting the training efforts of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine).

“The mobilization of additional military assistance and support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine trained by EUMAM Ukraine demonstrates that the EU remains steadfast in its support for the Ukrainian military in defending the country against the escalating illegal Russian aggression,” the Council of the EU said in a statement.

As previously reported, the allocation of this amount of funds was agreed by the ministers of foreign affairs of the European Union countries in January 2023.

The seventh package will now bring the total EU contribution under the EPF for Ukraine to €3.6 billion.

As previously reported, the European Union will train twice as many Ukrainian military personnel as part of the EUMAM Ukraine training mission as previously planned.

It regards training of 30,000 servicemen of the Defense Forces of Ukraine instead of 15,000.

In addition, the European Union will provide Ukraine with €25 million for demining procedures.

The EUMAM Ukraine mission, which was launched by European countries last November, will last for 24 months.

Instead of a single training center in the countries of the European Union, separate training courses for specialties should be organized.

It is assumed that most of the exercises will take place on the territory of Poland and Germany.