He said this during the briefing.

“Training should start next week in Germany,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Ryder also said that there were no “specific dates” in the American plan.

According to him, the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will take "weeks", approximately in the same timeframe the BMP is planned to be delivered to Ukraine.

Earlier, the Kremlin said that the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv will not be able to fundamentally change anything.