US Army To Start Training Ukrainian Troops, Commander Says

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

By VANESSA GERA
The Associated Press
Published: February 11, 2015

WARSAW, Poland — The U.S. military plans in March to start training Ukrainian soldiers who are battling Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a top U.S. military commander in Europe said Wednesday.

U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said a battalion of U.S. soldiers would train three battalions of Ukrainians from the Interior Ministry at the Yavariv training center in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

Hodges' remarks came amid an intensification of fighting in eastern Ukraine, and as French, German, Ukrainian and Russian leaders met Wednesday in Minsk, Belarus, for peace talks whose success is far from certain.

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Hodges said Americans will teach the Ukrainians how to better defend themselves against "Russian and rebel artillery and rockets." Training will also include securing roads, bridges and other infrastructure, treating and evacuating casualties, and operating in an environment where Russians are jamming communications.

Read more: http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/us-army-to-start-training-ukrainian-troops-commander-says-1.328974

[jen1980]

1. Sad to see the Republicans jump starting a new cold war like this

[braddy]

2. Isn't this the Executive branch?

[cstanleytech]

7. More like Putin and if he doesnt want another cold war all he has to do is pull his

troops out of the ukraine and stop supplying the so called "rebel" forces.

[samsingh]

3. good

[doc03]

4. History repeats itself once again. n/t

[PSPS]

5. How will this be referred to as the error sinks in? Uk-nam?

[Brigid]

6. A twofer today.

Are wars on special or something?