Pentagon starts training Ukraine’s Armed Forces regular units

Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis announced this on Monday, the U.S. Defense News reports.

"U.S. troops had already deployed in small numbers to Ukraine to train national guard forces, but under a plan first announced in July they are now helping regular military units," reads the statement.

As the Pentagon representative noted, the U.S. military "will be training five battalions of active-duty troops and one battalion of special operations forces personnel."

It was also stressed that Washington has made repeated pledges of support for Ukraine, and has committed more than $265 million in training and equipment since 2014.

"This is part of our ongoing efforts to contribute to Ukraine's long-term military reform and professionalism and to help them improve Ukraine's internal defense capabilities and training capacity," Davis said.

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