Iran Press/ Europe: Western countries, especially the United States, have provided extensive financial and military support to the Ukrainian government in recent years and have continued giving mercenaries since the conflict's beginning.
Moreover, according to the Pentagon Chief Joseph Hilbert, the Pentagon has invested $ 126 million to train more than 23,000 Ukrainian troops since 2015.
"The United States is currently working on a second group of 50 people, who are being trained to use mortars, radars and armored vehicles." The US official also said that the training of these forces is outside Ukraine. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in the Donbas region, criticizing the West for not paying attention to Moscow's security concerns.
Three days later (February 24), Putin launched a so-called "special operation" against Ukraine, shifting tense Moscow-Kyiv relations to a military confrontation. More than two months have passed since the Russian operation in Ukraine, and the conflict continues.
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The effort, which involves taking Ukrainians out of their country to train at multiple locations in Europe, has picked up significantly after the Pentagon in early April revealed it trained about a dozen such troops on how to use Switchblade drones.
Now, more than 220 Ukrainians have been trained on U.S. artillery, particularly the M777 Howitzer, a 10,000-pound system that can be towed by vehicles and hit targets up to 18 miles away with 155 mm rounds. Washington has promised 90 such systems to Kyiv.
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