YAVORIV: US paratroopers launched a training mission Monday for Ukrainian government forces who will fight pro-Russian separatists in the east, angering Moscow as the deadly conflict rumbles on.
President Petro Poroshenko welcomed troops from the US 173rd Airborne Brigade for Operation Fearless Guardian in a rain-soaked ceremony at a military base in Yavoriv, western Ukraine.
“We are the eyewitnesses and direct participants in forming the new Ukrainian military, which like the phoenix is returning after a long time,” Poroshenko told the assembled troops.
Officials said some 300 US troops will train 900 members of Ukraine’s National Guard, which is deployed in the …read more
Source: theSun
