After returning from Kiev, Romanian National Defence Minister Ionutz Mosşteanu said that Bucharest had sent Ukraine from ammunition to “ultra-modern” equipment, also both countries are preparing to increase the number of Ukrainian military personnel being trained in Romania.
Mosteanu said that information about the arms deliveries was “secret” but specified that Romania had helped the Ukrainian army with “ammunition and equipment ranging from basic ammunition to ultra-modern equipment such as Patriot systems.”
According to him, there is “an ongoing dialogue between the armies of Romania and Ukraine to see if we can meet the operational needs of the Ukrainian army at the front.”
Also, Defence Minister Ionutz Moşteanu said that in addition to training Ukrainian pilots at the European F-16 training centre in Feteşti, Romania will also train soldiers from other categories of troops.
“Apart from equipment and ammunition, an important assistance Romania offers to Ukraine is to train Ukrainian soldiers on Romanian territory together with allied partners. (…) We are referring to the air force and in the near future we will be able to provide you with more information about other types of training support,” he said.
In September 2024, then Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asked parliament to approve the establishment of two centres for the Ukrainian army on national territory: one for maritime forces and one for logistics.
Romanian instructors have been training Ukrainian soldiers in the UK since autumn 2023, along with professionals from other NATO allies.
In November 2023, the UK Ministry of Defence announced that Romania had joined Interflex, a training programme for over 30,000 volunteers.
Interflex is the largest military training project of its kind on British soil since World War II, the UK Ministry of Defence said. The Interflex mission began in June 2022 and aimed to train 30,000 soldiers by the end of 2023. The programme has now been extended until the end of 2026.
Romania has sent 22 military aid packages to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the next AFU will receive in the near future, Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmygal said on 25 August. He said this at the end of a two-day visit to Ukraine by Romanian Defence Minister Ionutz Mosşteanu, the chief of the Defence General Staff, General Gheorghitse Vlad, and the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mihai Jurki.