Poland is hoping a new NATO training center in the country can help recruit more volunteers for the fight in Ukraine.
Jacek Siewiera, head of Poland's National Security Bureau and the security adviser to President Andrej Duda, speaks during an interview on the first day of the NATO Summit Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Washington,– A new joint training center in Poland that NATO is setting up with Ukraine ideally would be used toto potentially “millions” of Ukrainian civilians living abroad who would be willing to come home to join the fight against Russia, a senior Polish security official said.
More than two years into the war, Ukraine, with a population much smaller than Russia's, is having difficulty fielding enough recruits. Eastern European countries includingabout Russia's strengthening military, saying President Vladimir Putin may be emboldened to turn his sights on more countries if his fight against Ukraine's Western-allied government succeeds.
The joint training center is planned in part to have Ukrainians teach NATO member countries some of the lessons Ukrainians have learned about fighting Russian forces in an affordable and effective ways, such as using civilian drones in the battlefield, Siewiera noted.Siewiera in his conversation with the AP on Tuesday also spoke of a second possible use for the new NATO center in his country.
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