“If we can be of assistance, we will on the training side.'
reports that 30 members of the Defence Forces could take part in the EU’s Military Assistance Mission in which Ukrainians will be trained in combat medicine, engineering and explosive ordnance disposal.
Last year, then Minister of Defence Simon Coveney told the Dáil that Ireland would like to take part and today An Tánaiste confirmed that was still the case.Defence Forces Army soldiers training on a snow covered Curragh Plains, this morning as Russia invaded Ukraine. Photographer: Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.
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