US trains Ukrainian army in camps in Germany
The United States is training Ukrainian soldiers in Germany and elsewhere on how to use military equipment.
A spokesman for US Defense Secretary John Kirby said in Washington on Friday that training on German soil had already begun.
Among other things, the spokesman added, it concerns how to deal with howitzers and other weapons systems that Kyiv acquires to support the war against Russia.
He explained that the US military is working with the German government in this regard.
Kirby said he could not comment on other training venues.
The US military withdrew its forces from Ukraine for security reasons shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine last February.
At the time, 160 members of the Florida National Guard were moved from Ukraine to another location in Europe as a precaution.
These forces had gone to Ukraine to advise the armed forces there.
These members of the Florida National Guard are now reassigned to train Ukrainian soldiers, Kirby said, just outside of Ukraine.
The United States supplies Ukraine with weapons and ammunition on a large scale to support the country in the war against Russia.
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