American instructors summed up the complete lack of training of the Ukrainian military
American instructors who have started training Ukrainian soldiers in the skills of warfare, emphasize the complete lack of military training, writes the new York times.

American instructors who have started training Ukrainian soldiers in the skills of warfare, emphasize the complete lack of military training, writes the new York times.
Six months course consists of dozens of lessons that give the Ukrainian soldiers about 300 instructors of the USA. Training takes place on jaworowski polygon around the city.
Captain Nicolas Silybin in interview to the newspaper were alarmed to notice that the Ukrainian Soldiers are not even put your rifle on safe, when you wear it." It speaks of the "professionalism" of these forces. We wish that they (Ukrainians) were like soldiers, " he said." Getting to this (training), I assumed that they (Ukrainian soldiers) have little idea about basic (army) skills, " he told his impressions of the combat readiness of soldiers of the national guard of another visiting instructor, Sergeant Michael Faranda. But, according to his statement, it appears that they are not familiar with the most basic things, " which everyone should know soldiers ". Certain types of learners, as specified by Faranda, in the first few days of classes even forgot their helmets." mostly untrained Soldiers learn these basic skills, how to use coded walkie-talkies, as With a sledgehammer and crowbar to break the door and how to transport on the battlefield wounded comrade, While holding the rifle at the ready, " - emphasizes the log. Upon completion of this course the total price of 19 million dollars school "young soldier" will be held 705 of the Ukrainian military, said the print edition. As long as, to her knowledge, national guardsmen learn under the supervision of the American sergeants skills cutting barbed wire. First of policansky Ambassador in Kiev Geoffrey Pyatt posted a photo, which, according to his statement, the paratroopers of the 173rd brigade USA trains Ukrainian military use of radio stations classified communication. Remember, April 17, about 300 paratroopers of the 173rd brigade USA came to Ukraine to study Ukrainian military. According to Pyatt, the American instructors will train members of the Kiev armed groups firing mortars and conduct searches. In this April 23 at the Russian defense Ministry told that the us military trained the Ukrainian security forces in the Lvov area, specifically in the area of hostilities in the Donbass. The Commissioner of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich expressed strong dissatisfaction with the arrival to Ukraine of U.S. soldiers and said that these U.S. actions directly conflict with the agreements reached in Minsk on 12 February. However, Washington did not consider the failures of the Minsk agreements.