Just this week, 65 Ukrainian air defenders completed Patriot training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and have now arrived back in Europe. They’re integrating with other Ukrainian air defenders, along with donated Patriot air defense equipment from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands. Once in Ukraine, the Patriot air defense system will add to Ukraine’s layered air defenses to provide protection and shield from Russia’s wanton, brutal attacks on innocent civilians and civilian infrastructure.
Meanwhile in Germany, at the close of this month, more than 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers and two brigades, one equipped with M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and one equipped with Stryker ICVs will have completed combined-arms training and have returned to Ukraine.
Additional combined-arms training is currently underway at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas in Germany, with two motorized infantry battalions consisting of 1,200 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. Operator and maintenance training on donated platforms is also ongoing, with more than 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers having completed platform training and 40 different programs of instruction on more than 20 systems since April of 2022.
Training for Ukrainian Forces is an international effort being conducted in partnership with coalition partners, who are currently training more than 11,000 Ukrainian soldiers across 26 different nations.