The Head of the Danish Army, Peter Boysen, announced last Wednesday that Denmark plans to send groups of soldiers to Ukraine to participate in training courses. However, a Danish expert has warned about this initiative that, has asserted, “is a security risk.”
This was said by the Danish military expert Peter Viggo Jacobsen, who has pointed out that he does not say that if you send soldiers to a country devastated by war, you are a goal. “And if they are in Ukrainian bases and training centers, then there is a risk of security,” said Viggo Jakobsen, according to the media.
Boysen revealed to the TV2 channel that the goal is for Danish soldiers to learn new combat techniques and, above all, acquire experience in the use of drones in the front. “We are going to send some groups to see firsthand what the Ukrainians have learned,” he said, and stressed that it has not yet decided how many will participate and when they will travel, although the plan is to begin from next summer.
The soldiers will be unarmed and will be located in training centers in western Ukraine, away from the battle front. “These soldiers are not going to participate actively in the war. They will learn from the experiences and will travel by invitation from my counterpart, that is, the head of the Ukrainian army,” Boysen said.
The head of the Danish army downplayed the possibility that Danish soldiers can be subject to Russian attacks. “If there is a missile attack, the Ukrainians have good alarm systems and good shelters. I have spent time in some in kyiv,” he said.
The trip to Ukraine makes a lot of sense, said Peter Viggo, since “the best place to learn is in Ukraine.” “And the fastest and most effective way to learn that is sending our soldiers there. Ukrainian soldiers are too busy with war to come to Denmark,” he said.
However, he pointed out the remarkable fact that now the roles have been invested: “It is remarkable that we are now sending Danish to Ukraine and not vice versa. It is clearly a novelty that the roles have been exchanged in this way, but it is not something that brings us closer to a war with Russia.”
The expert sees this initiative as a clear signal from the political side that the rearme of the previously announced armed forces is being taken seriously. “It is part of the change that has occurred with a new defense manager and the end of the strategy of ‘buying, buying, buying Mette Frederiksen announced in February.”
“The prime minister has announced that we will be ready for battle in three to five years, and that’s why we are busy. And this is a sign that we now take it seriously and it was time,” he said.
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