Saturday, November 28, 2015

The United States has launched a new phase of training of Ukrainian servicemen, Moscow warns of possible repercussions.



TASS

Russian News Agency

Moscow warns against US plans to continue training Ukrainian troopers

November 26, 21:43 UTC+3

The United States is starting a second phase of training of the Ukrainian army and is planning to train and equip six army battalions, including one special operations unit
 
© Nikolay Lazarenko/Ukrainian president's press service/TASS
 
MOSCOW, November 26 /TASS/. The United States has launched a new phase of training of Ukrainian servicemen, a fact, which may have negative consequences for the future of the Donbas truce, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

She recalled that 300 US instructors from the 173rd US airborne brigade had trained three battalions - 780 people - for Ukraine’s National Guard in a period from April to November. "It is noteworthy that the training completed at a time when the situation on the line of contact in Donbas started getting worse and the newly trained people were apparently sent there," Zakharova said.

"Now the Americans and their NATO colleagues, including the Lithuanians and Canadians, will train a new group of Ukrainian troopers. It is clear that such preparations are unlikely to deescalate tensions and may have a negative impact on the fragile truce in the country’s southeast," the Russian diplomat stressed.


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