Department of state: the U.S. military train the Ukrainian army for the last 20 years
Training the Ukrainian national guard American paratroopers, which will begin next week, not directly linked with the situation in Eastern Ukraine, as such training periodically go over the last 20 years, said the official authorized state Department Marie Harf.
"It really is part of our efforts to help Ukraine to support the national security and defence forces, we did It for nearly 20 years, under the President (Viktor) Yanukovych and among them," - said Harf.
She was unable to provide information about whether the increased Washington, the number of experts participating in this program from the United States in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
first it was claimed that about 290 American paratroopers on the last working day of the week arrived in Lviv and will begin training Ukrainian military since April 20. Before the U.S. Department of defense reported that the mission included the Commissioners of the 173rd airborne brigade of the United States, which is based in the Italian city of Vicenza.