Australia will begin training Ukrainian troops in Poland in 2026, moving part of its military support closer to Ukraine\u2019s border under Operation Kudu.<\/p>\n
Australia is\u00a0preparing to\u00a0move part of\u00a0its training program for Ukrainian troops closer to\u00a0the conflict zone. From mid-2026, Australian Defence Force instructors will begin training Ukrainian service members in\u00a0Poland, the country\u2019s\u00a0Defence Ministry said.<\/p>\n
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles said the Australian personnel would join the multinational Operation Legio, led by\u00a0Norway. The move will continue Canberra\u2019s\u00a0support for Ukraine under Australia\u2019s\u00a0Operation Kudu.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0present, Australian instructors train Ukrainian troops in\u00a0the United Kingdom as\u00a0part of\u00a0Operation Kudu. Australia\u2019s\u00a0Defence Department says the new format will bring the training closer to\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0border and make it\u00a0better aligned with Kyiv\u2019s\u00a0operational needs.<\/p>\n
Canberra also plans to keep taking part in NATO initiatives aimed at\u00a0supporting Kyiv, including the drone supply coalition and military training programs.<\/p>\n
Moscow has previously sent a note to NATO\u00a0countries over arms deliveries to\u00a0Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that weapons shipments bound for Kyiv would be\u00a0treated by\u00a0Russian forces as\u00a0legitimate targets. The Kremlin has also said Western arms supplies to\u00a0Ukraine do\u00a0not contribute to\u00a0resolving the conflict and will have negative consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia will begin training Ukrainian troops in Poland in 2026, moving part of its military support closer to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7862,7866,7868,7864,7865,9,7867,7863],"class_list":["post-10402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-australia-ukraine-training","tag-australian-defence-force","tag-nato-ukraine-aid","tag-operation-kudu","tag-operation-legio","tag-poland","tag-ukraine-military-support","tag-ukrainian-troops-poland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}