The EU is putting money into the places inside Ukraine where the army trains its soldiers. The bloc will fund the modernization of several military training centers in Ukraine, upgrading facilities, housing, and equipment, with Denmark administering the funds and the Come Back Alive charity carrying out the work, the Defense Ministry said.

The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and Denmark previously signed a Letter of Intent to implement a project to modernize one of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's training centers. Under this agreement, Denmark allocated about €33 million to training infrastructure, living and sanitary conditions, equipment, and drones for training defenders.

The money goes into the centers

The support will pay to modernize several training sites: better living quarters for the troops who cycle through them, upgraded facilities, and improved infrastructure, the ministry says.

The project runs under the EU's diplomatic and military-planning bodies, the European External Action Service, the Military Planning and Conduct Capability, and the bloc's military-assistance mission for Ukraine, with the Come Back Alive foundation carrying it out alongside the Defense Ministry.

Halan calls training a foundation

The aim is a modern environment for preparing soldiers.

"Modernized centers let us train the military on real combat experience," Deputy Defense Minister Liubov Halan says, thanking the EU and every partner country.

Training inside Ukraine, she says, is as fundamental to defense as ammunition and equipment, because weapons do not work without people trained to use them. The modernized sites, the ministry says, are meant to let Ukraine prepare its own forces to a higher standard, faster, and closer to the front.

Denmark administers the funds

The project is an EU initiative, open to any partner willing to contribute, with Denmark as the fund administrator. The ministry thanked the EU, Denmark, and Come Back Alive for support it says raises the quality of Ukraine's training.