(MENAFN- QNA) The US military is considering training regular members of the Ukrainian Army starting in late November, the Pentagon said Monday.
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, the US Army's Europe commander, said the program, if approved, would be the second phase of training Ukraine forces and would involve Army units under the country's Ministry of Defense, (Fox News) reported.
Ukraine has been in a years-long civil uprising that included residents ousting their pro-Moscow president in 2014 and has since resulted in continued fighting with the new, pro-democracy government trying to quell separatist fighters backed by Russian forces.
Moscow, in the immediate aftermath of last year's change in power, took control of Ukraine's eastern peninsula of Crimea, which borders Russia.
Right now, the US Army has 300 soldiers in western Ukraine training Ukrainian National Guard units.
The US military is not providing lethal arms to the forces, and Hodges said there are no immediate plans to change the policy.
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