European Union defense ministers will discuss options to set up a military training mission for Ukrainian forces at an August 29-30 meeting in Prague, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Wednesday.

Josep Borrell said "we will discuss this in Prague next week, including on the issue of visas for Russian citizens and a possible EU training mission for Ukrainian armed forces."

Borrell referred to the idea of an EU military training program at a conference in Spain on Monday, explaining that it would not be based in Ukraine, but in neighboring countries.

(With input from Reuters)