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<h2>U.S. Will Train Ukrainian Military, May Supply Weapons</h2>
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<h6 class="date">Posted on Oct 31, 2014</h6>
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In a move that will rankle Russian authorities, the U.S.
government announced plans to give the Ukrainian military
training, technology and weapons, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
target="_blank" href="http://en.interfax.com.ua"
title="Interfax-Ukraine">Interfax-Ukraine</a> reports.<br>
The announcement was made by U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey
Pyatt in an interview with the Ukrainska Pravda online
newspaper. The diplomat listed two challenges for Ukrainian
security forces: eliminating corruption within its structure and
developing a coherent response to Russian military activity.
Russia annexed the territory of Crimea when political divisions
in Ukraine grew into violent disorder earlier this year. <br>
Pyatt said the U.S. has provided night vision devices, first aid
kits, body armor and ready-to-eat military meals to help improve
the Ukrainian military’s ability to act in the short term. The
United States’ longer-term plans “are aimed primarily at
retraining and raising the professionalism of Ukrainian military
to create what President Petro Poroshenko said he really wants -
an army built in line with NATO standards,” Interfax-Ukraine
reports.<br>
At a briefing in the capital city of Kiev a few days before the
announcement, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, a deputy head of the Senate
Committee on Armed Forces, said that President Obama is entitled
to supply arms to Ukraine for self-defense with or without
Senate approval. If no such decision is made by Obama, he added,
the Senate will consider taking steps that would make the
weapons available.<br>
Inhofe said the weapons could be delivered in four days to two
weeks. The Ukrainian defense minister gave him a list of weapons
the military wanted, Inhofe said, but the senator would not say
exactly what it contained.<br>
<em>Editor’s note: The two source articles for this piece appear
to be unavailable because of a paywall at Interfax-Ukraine.
All quotations and information were taken from replications of
the sources sent in a private email. Also, the opening of this
article has been adjusted in keeping with complications
suggested by some commenters.</em><br>
<i>—Posted by <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.truthdig.com/alexander_kelly"
title="Alexander Reed Kelly">Alexander Reed Kelly</a>.</i>
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