[Peace-discuss] Fwd: U.S. Will Train Ukrainian Military, May Supply Weapons

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        U.S. Will Train Ukrainian Military, May Supply Weapons
        

        

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/us_will_train_ukrainian_military_and_could_supply_weapons_20141031

        

        
          

          

          
            
              
                
                   
                      
                     
                  

                
                

                
                

                
                

                
              
            
          
        
        Posted on Oct 31, 2014
        
          
          

          
                A scene from the military conflict in Crimea in
              March 2014. Photo by snamess (CC BY 2.0)
          
        
        In a move that will rankle Russian authorities, the U.S.
        government announced plans to give the Ukrainian military
        training, technology and weapons, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

        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. 

        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.

        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.

        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.

        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.

        —Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
        

      
      

    
    

  


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