If Ukraine can’t get America to send troops to help it fight Russian-backed rebels, at least can it make its soldiers more like America’s. That, at least, is Kiev’s reasoning as it advocates expanding the U.S. training program for its national guardsmen currently in place outside of Lviv in western Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal has more:
Ukrainian military officials said Wednesday they want to bring their conventional army troops and special-operations forces to the training center to run through the course taught by U.S. soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Italy.The Ukrainians have selected mechanized and airborne units …read more
Source: The American Interest
