The emergence videos with armed men, speaking in English, after the shelling of Mariupol together with delivery of the Ukrainian soldiers insignia of the U.S. army in the European Union, the us General Ben Hodges - facts, based on which we can conclude that Washington does not hide its military presence in Ukraine, the analyst said in an interview to RT.

" He (the commander of the ground forces in the European Union, General Ben Hodges - approx. Ed.) visited the main military hospital of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine in Kiev, where he handed out commemorative badges, awards wounded Ukrainian soldiers and publicly thanked them for their performance of military duty.

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