The United States had planned to teach five battalions of the APU

The US plan to prepare on jaworowski polygon in the area of the city, five battalions of military power of Ukraine (or presumably 2, 5 thousand Soldiers), said in a statement released on the first day of the week an interview with Defense News army commander United States in the European Union, Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges.
Ukrainians "are going to send five army battalions for training, which will begin in November," said the American captain. According to his vision, this approach can be considered professional, As "even in times of conflict it is necessary to conduct training and re-training" of personnel. Hodges said that American instructors will start training soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian military power after will complete in October trained three battalions of the National guard of Ukraine, reports the news Agency.
About the decision of the United States to start in the fall to work with the regular units of the Ukrainian army announced at the end of July, the official authorized state Department mark Toner." This will help to strengthen the domestic defense capabilities of Ukraine ", - said the American diplomat, Recalling that the United States assist in the preparation of the Ukrainian military power " last 20 years ". Preparation of branches of the National guard of Ukraine, members of the interior Ministry, began on jaworowski polygon in the spring of the current year. Working there American military instructors are members of the 173rd airborne brigade of the land forces of the United States, which is based in Vicenza (Italy). Before Hodges reported that on jaworowski polygon are 305 American instructors. In conversation Defense News the General also said that weapons experts in the United States, it was important to listen to the stories of the Ukrainian military, who have experience fighting against militias in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Answering the question About the possible supply of us weapons for Ukraine, he said that the decision about It has the ability to be taken only at the level of the U.S. government. Kiev repeatedly appealed to Washington with the request to give him different weapons systems, but the administration of Barack Hussein Obama has refrained from such a step, supplying the Ukrainian army radar to detect artillery systems of the enemy, communications, uniforms and medical supplies." We have been providing non-lethal assistance and does not plan to change anything, " said not so long ago on this matter, the Commissioner of the state Department. Before the first day of the week it was announced that North America suggest to provide an additional five hundred million dollars on a training program of the Ukrainian military on jaworowski polygon (Lviv region). Remember, in April, about 300 paratroopers of the 173rd brigade, the United States has begun training soldiers of the National guard of Ukraine on jaworowski polygon in the Lviv region. June 24, Kiev asked the United States not be limited to training only the national guard. Later it was announced that North America in the fall of 2015, will train fighters military power of Ukraine. As stated before, among the learners of American instructors have the opportunity to be neo-Nazis. Moreover, It is recognized by Both officials and United States military.


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