The Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation: USA trains national guard soldiers in the conflict area
The U.S. military trained the national guard of Ukraine not fighting in the West of the country, and right in the Donbass, told reporters on Thursday the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov.
last week about 300 U.S. Marines arrived in Ukraine to participate in command post exercises Fearless guardian 2015 in Lviv region, which was launched on 20 April.
"What dystvitelno bound to cause concern to the public, so is the us military training of Ukrainian national guardsmen assault operations in urban environments.
It happens not only in Lviv region, Yavoriv military ground, as shown by the Ukrainian TV channels, specifically in the area of combat actions in the area of Mariupol, Ukraine, Donetsk and Volnovakha " - said Konashenkov.
first Plenipotentiary representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic in Minsk talks Denis Putilin said That the DNR considers the arrival of instructors from the USA to Ukraine as an attempt to escalate the confrontation in the Donbass. He also expressed concern That after the training of foreign equipment can remain within Ukraine.
in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said That the military training from the U.S. Ukrainians possession of weapons and appliances of the Western sample can be regarded as the 1st step to supplies to Ukraine modern American weapons.