Ukraine, NATO to set up joint training center in Poland

KIEV -- Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will create a joint training, analytical and educational center in Poland, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Thursday, citing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

While speaking after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Belgium's capital Brussels, Stoltenberg said that the new facility will be set up in the city of Bydgoszcz in northern Poland.

"It will enable Ukraine to share lessons learned from Russia's war and will create a structure for Ukrainian forces to learn and train alongside their allied counterparts," he said.

Stoltenberg pledged that NATO will continue to support Ukraine.

The Ukrainian parliament declared rapprochement with NATO as one of the key priorities for Ukraine this year.

The alliance recognized Ukraine as its Enhanced Opportunities Partner in 2020.