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Saturday, 18 May
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The European Union will set up a military mission in Ukraine

Ukraine and the European Union have reached a deal in principle on setting up an advisory military training mission in Ukraine, the country's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters on Monday in Brussels.

This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba during the press briefing.

"We reached an agreement with the EU in principle that the EU will roll out advisory training in Ukraine ... this is not combat forces," Kuleba said after meeting with the EU's foreign ministers.

He stressed that it would be a deliberative and training mission, not combat units.

"But it is extremely important that this initiative reaches its logical conclusion. We have been working on it for a very long time with allies in the European Union to make it happen," Kuleba said.