On Wednesday, after a phone call between Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the White House announced a new program to train 750 Ukrainian troops in the western city of Yavoriv near the Polish border.
For Ukrainian Ambassador Olexander Motsyk, the new initiative is vital not just because Kiev faces a sustained threat from Moscow-backed separatists, but because of the desperately moribund state of the Ukrainian military.
“We have essentially started from zero with our military,” Motsyk told Foreign Policy in an interview at the Ukrainian Embassy, noting that Kiev’s military problems date back to the end of the …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
