WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th May, 2022) The United States has trained over 23,000 of Ukraine's armed forces between 2015 and January 2022, US Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert said on Wednesday.
"Since the beginning of that mission (the Joint Multinational Training Group Ukraine) up until January 2022, we have trained a total of 23,000 plus armed forces of Ukraine soldiers from 17 Different battalions and 11 different brigades. They participated in training there at the Combat Training Center Yavoriv," Hilbert said during a press briefing.
Since the beginning of that mission in 2015, the Pentagon invested $126 million into the training of Ukrainian military personnel, Hilbert added.
The United States is currently training the second group of about 50 Ukrainian military trainers on how to operate howitzers, radars and armored vehicles pledged by the United States to Kiev amid Moscow's special military operation in the country. The training sessions are taking place in a number of locations outside of Ukraine.
On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk requested help to defend them from intensifying attacks by Ukrainian troops. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the operation is solely targeting Ukrainian military infrastructure and the civilian population is not in danger.
