US Trainers To Deploy To Ukraine This Spring
By Paul McLeary Defense News.com
12:17 p.m. EST January 22, 2015
Also Will Begin Shipment of US-funded Armored Vehicles
US soldiers train with Ukrainian troops during Exercise Rapid
Trident in 2011. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/US Army)
WASHINGTON — American soldiers will deploy to Ukraine this spring to begin training four companies of the Ukrainian National Guard, the head of US Army Europe Lt. Gen Ben Hodges said during his first visit to Kiev on Wednesday.
The number of troops heading to the Yavoriv Training Area near the city of L'viv — which is about 40 miles from the Polish border — is still being determined, however.
The American training effort comes as part of a US State Department initiative "to assist Ukraine in strengthening its law enforcement capabilities, conduct internal defense, and maintain rule of law" Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. Vanessa Hillman told Defense News.
After meeting with commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Anatoliy Pushnyakov and acting commander of the National Guard Lt. Gen. Oleksandr Kryvyenko during his visit, Hodges said he was "impressed by the readiness of both military and civil leadership to change and reform."
Complete Article: http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/land/army/2015/01/21/ukraine-us-army-russia/22119315/
(Figures from September- Today's numbers are higher)
Every HOUR US Taxpayers are paying $10.54 MILLION DOLLARS for the Total Cost of wars SO FAR since 2001
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
>$2000 PER SECOND is not enough.
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