WASHINGTON - The United States intends to continue training Ukrainian Army in western Ukraine in autumn 2015, deputy spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State Mark Toner said.
“The United States intends to continue training Ukrainian security forces this fall in western Ukraine. And this is going to be small-unit training conducted by U.S. Army Europe for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense personnel to help strengthen Ukraine’s internal defense capabilities,” he said at a daily briefing.
Toner added that namely Ukrainian Army servicemen will undergo training.
“It is similar, quite frankly, to our ongoing training of the National Guard, which we announced, I think, last March,” he said.
According to the spokesperson, it is going to be in western Ukraine, near the Poland border.
