 Ukraine's requests for the training of its forces abroad have changed 18 months into the war, with offensive tactics and the education of military leaders now topping the list, the head of the EU's special training command in Germany set on August 17. This is something that has changed over the course of the year, Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow told reporters explaining that at the start of the war Kiev had rather been keen for its troops to be trained in defensive tactics and how to fight in urban areas. Marlow was speaking at Klietz training ground, situated about 100 kilometers west of Berlin, minutes after Ukrainian troops had fired 105 millimeters rounds with Leopard 1 tanks they had been trained to operate over the past five weeks. Muscle flashes could be seen even before the cracks of the shots were heard, and dust clouds rose where the shells hit their wooden targets on a shooting range marked by the tracks of the tanks that rumbled back and forth through the mud. As part of the EU military mission, Western troops have trained some 6,200 Ukrainians in Germany this year in a wide range of skills stretching from operating advanced air defense systems such as IRIST to driving and firing modern tanks such as the Leopard 2. The decision is made as in which context they use these things with other systems and weapons and then based on which tactical operations plan and in which terrain. I encourage the Ukrainians to send us pictures so that we can train the trainer here. And that is also the case here. In every process, we also have Ukrainian trained soldiers who run along with the training and stay here longer to train with them. This means that they can give their impressions of a sign here. I think what is most moving is the training of under-officers and officers, because it is in the hands of the professional soldiers who have been in the war for one and a half years now. Many have fallen or wounded and now they need to be trained as well as under-officers and that will be quite a challenge. Why is it important to get the Leopard 1? It is very important, because we need a new technique for us and we need to be able to work with it. The technique differs from ours, it needs to be well known, so it is very necessary. We are motivated to protect our country and this is the best way to protect our fear. First of all, we have to say that if you talk about the Leopard 1 in comparison to the Leopard 2, you can really say that a combat tank is a combat tank. Because the differences are not so powerful. Of course, the battle tank Leopard 2 is a significant further development, but everything that is electronic and electronic when it comes to battle tank Leopard 2 is rather mechanical when it comes to the Leopard 1A5. But the fighting and the functional way is very similar. What are the differences between the Leopard 1A5 and the Leopard 2? The Ukrainian soldiers are highly motivated and that is what they need to be. Because if you want to learn the basic skills of the combat tank, you need to have 700 sides. The motivation is that they also deal with the system after the service. And they really want to adapt to the system in a really short time.