Ukrainian soldiers are training with the U.S. Army in Germany to learn how to combine the effects of numerous weapons.
GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany — The Pentagon’s top general on Monday visited two sites in Germany used by the U.S. military to enhance the fighting skills of their Ukrainian counterparts, offering encouragement to those on the training field and directing the American soldiers instructing them to squeeze as much as possible into the“This is not a run-of-the-mill rotation,” Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said of the curriculum.
The general’s travels in Germany came as senior civilian officials with the Biden administration visited Kyiv itself. Wendy Sherman, the deputy secretary of state; Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy; and Jon Finer, the White House deputy national security adviser, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials.
, advanced weapons that President Biden approved for transfer to Ukraine early this month as the Pentagon said they were intended to help Ukraine take back territory from Russian control.In temperatures hovering under 40 degrees, Milley bantered with the Ukrainian soldiers and asked about their backgrounds and experience in combat, sometimes in English and sometimes through an interpreter. Their mission is urgent, Milley noted, and has international support.
“The urgency was clear,” Butler said. “These soldiers are going off to defend their country in combat.”
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