"I welcome France's initiative to send instructors to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers. I have already signed documents that will allow the first French instructors to settle closely in our training centers and familiarize themselves with the infrastructure and its personnel," he wrote online social Telegram General Oleksandre Syrsky.
The French Ministry of Defense, contacted by the AFP news agency, limited itself to mentioning that the 'dossier' is being studied, without confirming the sending of instructors.
"As has already been mentioned several times, training on Ukrainian territory is part of the options discussed since the conference on support for Ukraine that the President of the Republic [Emmanuel Macron] convened on February 26," said the ministry.
"This possibility continues to be an object of work with the Ukrainians," he added.
In turn, during a visit to Madrid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today called on the West to "use all means" to force Russia to peace.
"We must intensify our common work with our partners to achieve, as a priority, security and effective coercion of Russia to peace by all means," urged Zelensky during a joint press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
The Kiev leader also highlighted the need "to put pressure not only on Russia, but also on our partners to provide the possibility to defend ourselves", and demanded new anti-aircraft defense missile systems to intercept the more than 3,000 bombs drones that Russia launches monthly on Ukrainian targets.
Just under three weeks before a peace summit in Ukraine promoted by Kiev and which is due to take place in Switzerland, Zelensky also rejected the proposal from China and Brazil to invite Russia, considering that it would "block everything".
Faced with difficulties on the ground, Ukraine has been demanding for months the possibility of hitting Russian positions, bases and infrastructure on Russian territory with Western weapons. An option that has so far been rejected by North Americans and Europeans due to fears of escalation.
However, this issue remains under debate among allies.
During a NATO meeting that took place today in Sofia, its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg considered the "time to reconsider" the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine, which has "its hands behind its back", to have arrived.
On Sunday, the head of the Italian Government, Giorgia Meloni, expressed her opposition to the use of Western weapons supplied to Ukraine against targets on Russian territory. “You have to be very cautious,” she considered.
On the contrary, and during a trip to Kiev at the beginning of May, the head of British diplomacy David Cameron considered that the Ukrainians could use British weapons in any way they saw fit, by evoking their "right" to reach Russian territory, a situation that has already occurred on several occasions.
Today, and questioned about this issue, Pedro Sánchez declared, evasively, that he did not have "that will".
"We will be at Ukraine's side for as long as necessary", repeated the prime minister.
Sánchez announced a military aid package for Ukraine worth more than a billion euros, and when Kiev continues to ask for Patriot anti-missile systems or tanks, arguing that it currently only has a quarter of the resources it needs.
Ukraine has secured substantial financial aid and weaponry from Western allies since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022.
Kiev's allies have also enacted sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy to try to diminish Moscow's ability to finance the war effort in Ukraine.
Already in the third year of war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been faced with a lack of weapons and ammunition, despite repeated promises of help from Western allies, which have reportedly been exceeded.
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