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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 04:35 PM Jun 2014

U.S. sending advisers, military gear to Ukraine

A small team of American military advisers will soon head to Ukraine to assess that embattled nation’s “mid- and long-term needs for defense reform,” a Pentagon official said Thursday.

Pentagon spokeswoman Eileen Lainez said senior U.S. defense officials met with senior Ukrainian officials earlier this week to discuss “ways our countries could strengthen our long-term defense cooperation to help Ukraine build highly effective armed forces and defense institutions.”

Lainez said that assessment is being viewed as a first step toward helping to “shape and establish an enduring program for future U.S. efforts to support the Ukrainian military through training, education, and assistance.”

Since early March, President Obama has approved more than $23 million in additional defensive security assistance to help the former Soviet republic maintain its borders and sovereignty in the face of provocative moves by Russian military forces on Ukraine’s eastern border and violence fomented by pro-Russian militants inside Ukraine.


http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140605/NEWS08/306050088/U-S-sending-advisers-military-gear-Ukraine

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U.S. sending advisers, military gear to Ukraine (Original Post) jakeXT Jun 2014 OP
Why does that sound familiar? FiveGoodMen Jun 2014 #1
aaaand here we go again. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #2
Dovetails perfectly with President Obama's ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #3

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. aaaand here we go again.
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 05:29 PM
Jun 2014

Says it all, right here:
"an enduring program for future U.S. efforts to support the Ukrainian military through training, education, and assistance.”

I fully expect Putin to send advisors to Iran and Iraq.

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