The French military dedicated around 1,500 of its own soldiers to the “Champagne” task force that has been teaching the Ukrainians how to fight effectively together and how to use and maintain their France-supplied weaponry.

The scene could be 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away in Ukraine's Donbas region, but instead some 2,000 Ukrainian conscripts and veterans are training in the muddy fields of France's eastern Marne region, where French and German armies once hammered each other during World War 1.

France's "Champagne" task force focuses on advanced combat tactics, trench warfare and coordination with artillery and tanks.

A French military task force with a festive name — “Champagne” — is wrapping up a mission that's no party: training a whole new brigade of several thousand Ukrainian troops who will be joining the fight against Russia's invasion armed with France-supplied tanks,

French Task Force Champagne has successfully completed the training of the Ukrainian brigade Anne of Kyiv, which is preparing to return to Ukraine to continue its fight against Russian forces, citing ABC News.