US soldiers will train Ukrainian National Guard – Virtual Poland

April 20 US soldiers arrive at the training ground in the Lviv region, where he will conduct training and joint exercises with the troops of the Ukrainian National Guard – said the interior minister of Ukraine Arsen Avakov.
 

This will be 290 US airborne troops, and training and exercises will be attended by 900 National Guard soldiers in three 300-person groups. Training each of these groups will last eight weeks, after which there will be joint exercises – Awakow revealed. Pentagon reported recently that the US military will begin in the second half of April the training of soldiers belonging to the six companies of the Ukrainian National Guard to strengthen their ability to fight pro-Russian rebellion in the east of the country.

She said Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Lainez, training will focus on “defensive capabilities” Ukrainian soldiers.
 

“This support is part of our efforts to support operations to ensure the defense and internal security of Ukraine” – added Lainez. It stated that the training will take place has the west of Ukraine, near the Polish border, and carry them with 173 American soldiers Airborne Brigade, established in Vicenza, Italy.
 

Training Ukrainian troops involved in the fighting with the separatists in Donbas British have already started. 35 British military is in Nikolayev in southern Ukraine; scope of training medical assistance and defensive tactics.