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newthinking

(3,982 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2015, 04:56 AM Mar 2015

U.S. plan to train Ukraine national guard "on hold"

(Reuters) - A U.S. plan to train Ukrainian national guard troops is "on hold" pending implementation of a ceasefire deal between government troops and Russian-backed rebels, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Europe said on Friday.

The training mission, first announced in August last year, had been due to start this month. One battalion of U.S. soldiers is due to train three Ukrainian National Guard battalions.

A U.S. military official, speaking to Reuters on Friday on condition of anonymity, said the training mission had not yet been finalized.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/06/uk-usa-ukraine-military-idUKKBN0M21M020150306

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U.S. plan to train Ukraine national guard "on hold" (Original Post) newthinking Mar 2015 OP

lol politicman Mar 2015 #1

So what did we get for appeasing Russia? Fearless Mar 2015 #2

politicman

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1. lol

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Sat Mar 7, 2015, 07:24 AM

Mar 2015

This is probably the best news for Ukraine.

Considering the way that the U.S trained Iraqi forces who fled in the face of a couple of hundred fighters, maybe this is a blessing in disguise for Ukraine, lol

Fearless

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2. So what did we get for appeasing Russia?

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Sat Mar 7, 2015, 07:48 AM

Mar 2015

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