Around 290 U.S. paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine Friday ahead of exercises designed to train nearly 1,000 Ukrainian National guard soldiers to fight against pro-Russian rebels in the East Ukraine war. The soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade, who flew into Lviv airport in the west of Ukraine, will now spend the next eight weeks training three streams of 300 men before moving on to military exercises. …read more
Source: International Business Times
