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Tango0124 Jan 2015 11:10 a.m. PST

… National Guard of Ukraine's troops in spring.

"Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, head of the United States Army Europe, announced on Wednesday, January 21, that a contingent of US soldiers will be dispatched to Ukraine in the spring to undertake the training of four companies of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU). The exact number of American soldiers who will be stationed at the Yavoriv Training Area outside the western city of Lvov has yet to be determined.

This announcement, which follows the positioning of US and NATO forces in Poland and the Baltic states and escalating threats of a military confrontation with Russia, came as the Kiev government steps up its war against pro-Russian separatists in the Ukraine's eastern Donbass region.

Lt. Gen. Hodges made his announcement on his first visit to Kiev where he met with the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Anatoliy Pushnyakov and the acting commander of the NGU Lt. Gen. Oleksandr Kryvyenko. Hodges told reporters after the meeting he was "impressed by the readiness of both military and civil leadership to change and reform."…"
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cwlinsj24 Jan 2015 11:43 a.m. PST

Also from that article:

"…the National Guard was reestablished in March of last year in the aftermath of the US and EU-supported and fascist-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Victor Yanukovych. …"

Is this another Russian-backed "informational" website?

Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP In the TMP Dawghouse24 Jan 2015 4:27 p.m. PST

Not so sure about that article's pedigree or the author's ?

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