“The new expanded combat training conducted by the US military for Ukrainian troops began in Germany on Sunday,” he said.

It is reported that the battalion of about 500 troops will return "to the battlefield" in the next five to eight weeks.

The United States has already trained more than 3,100 UAF troops on how to use and maintain certain types of weapons and equipment, including howitzers, armored vehicles and HIMARS systems, the material says.

Earlier, the British authorities announced that in the coming days, training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the use of tanks and howitzers transferred by them to Ukraine will begin.

On January 13, it became known that Spain would receive more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen who would be trained in combat training and work with the Hawk anti-aircraft system.