Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation is probing a brigade specially trained to use French weapons after reports that hundreds of soldiers deserted the unit. Tetyana Sapian, a spokesperson for ...

Two months later, about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers -- about the half the size of a standard NATO brigade -- were sent to France for training that included instruction on advanced French weapons ...

Undisclosed (AFP) – With its soldiers trained in France and high-profile endorsements from the French and Ukrainian presidents, the "Anne of Kyiv" brigade was supposed to be a flagship unit for ...

The unit—officially Ukraine’s 155th Mechanised Brigade—was supposed to be a flagship fighting force for Ukraine’s army, announced by French President Emmanuel Macron as a symbol of tight ...

The brigade is set to have French light tanks, artillery, and missile systems. "Now they are able to fight, they are able to maneuver," a French colonel told the Associated Press. A Ukrainian ...

Ex-French Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighters will ... the 7th Tactical Aviation Brigade, or form a new brigade. A second bomber brigade is the likelier outcome, given how much the 7th Tactical ...

The formation of Ukraine’s 155th army brigade was announced at the D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy last June, complete with photo-ops with the French president, Emmanuel Macron.