nato s eastern flank, and for romania s leadership role in the black sea region the two leaders also saluted the 30-year anniversary of romania s state partnership program with the alabama national guard the secretary looks forward to future meetings and opportunities to work with our romanian allies. a full readout will be posted to defense.gov later today. on the training front, since russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine in 2022, u.s. european command, u.s. army europe and africa, and the security assistance group ukraine have trained more than 7,000 members of the ukrainian armed forces. just this week, 65 ukrainian air defenders completed patriot training at fort sill, oklahoma, and have now arrived back in europe they re integrating with other ukrainian air defenders along with donated patriot air defense equipment from the united states, germany, and the netherlands. once in ukraine, the patriot air defense system will add to
russia s unprovoked invasion of ukraine in 2022, trained more than 7,000 members of the ukrainian armed forces, just this week 65 ukrainian air defenders completed patriot training at fort sill, oklahoma, and have now arrived back in europe. integrating with other ukrainian air defenders along with donated patriot air defense equipment from the united states, germany and the netherlands. the air defense system will add to the air defenses to provide protection and shield from russia s wanton brutal attacks on innocent civilians and infrastructure. in germany at the close of this month, more than 4,000 ukrainian soldiers in two brigades, one equipped with m2 bradleys and one strikers, will have completed training and return today ukraine. and there is training underway in germany with two motorized
down on apartment buildings that have no military value whatsoever. give us an update on the ground there in terms of things like heat, light, power. in terms of across the country, also the morale there of the ukrainian people. well, since october 10th, russia has launched over 20 massive attacks with missiles and drones against ukraine s energy infrastructure, in addition to daily attacks in other parts of the country. those massive attacks have also affected the capital and have put incredible strain on the electrical grid. but thanks a lot to the amazingly creative workers on the grid, as well as to ukraine s air defenders, as well as to our support, they have been able to survive, to keep the grid operating. most of the country, most of this very cold winter, has survived on literally hours of power a day. hours of heat a day.
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to be clear, capability of a battery of patriot missiles which will probably have around six launchers and i imagine probably with accelerated training schedule of already knowledgeable ukrainian air defenders, probably two months come inside two months before it s on the ground and operating. but a battery is enough if it is properly integrated into the existing air defence network, to protect 1 s city. so it s important capability but it s not enough in terms of a passing but of course that pointed the problem for all of us, certainly when i was the commander of the us army in europe i never anticipated that russia would launch decision weapons and civilian targets. so that means that we are woefully unprepared in europe to protect our own citizens as well as of course critical infrastructure. abs, own citizens as well as of course critical infrastructure. own citizens as well as of course critical infrastructure. a couple of . uick final critical infrastructure. a couple of quick f