About 200 Ukrainian servicemen treated, rehabilitated in Lithuania since start of Russia's aggression in Donbas

10:28, 01.12.2017 1 min read

Since the start of the Russian aggression in the east of Ukraine, about 200 Ukrainian servicemen have been treated and rehabilitated in Lithuania, Anatoliy Petrenko, director of the Defense Policy, Strategic Planning and International Cooperation Department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has reported.

"We have a dynamic development of relations with Lithuania. This country, at the level of the Seimas, has adopted a new European plan for Ukraine - political support, resources and activities. Lithuania is also a part of a group of countries that train our troops in accordance with NATO standards. About 200 servicemen have been treated and rehabilitated in Lithuania," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

Petrenko added that the official Kyiv is determined "to support such dynamics of bilateral relations in every possible way."