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Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has announced the creation of the instructors' school of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, where instructors will be trained by specialists from NATO countries.

“Ukrainian instructors should undergo the appropriate training with the NATO instructors and then they will train Ukrainian soldiers. We must provide good conditions for our instructors so that they would be able to work at a high level. We have planned the formation of appropriate infrastructure where normal conditions will be provided for our instructors,” Poltorak said during his working visit to Lviv region, the press service of the Defense Ministry informed on May 30.

Poltorak said budgetary and investors’ money would be used for the school construction.

The minister also shared his plans with media on improvement of training facilities and infrastructure of the training ranges of the Ukrainian army.

“Currently, we are holding talks with foreign colleagues providing us assistance and consultations, financial assistance. I hope this summer, after the Warsaw Summit with the Ukrainian president, our partners will provide us the assistance to improve facilities and resources,” Poltorak said.