Pentagon To Begin Training Ukrainians On How To Operate U.S. Howitzer Artillery Systems In A Third Country

 

Daily Mail: Pentagon confirms U.S. will start training Ukrainians how to use howitzers in DAYS as Zelensky says Putin has launches his full-scale offensive to take control of Donbas 

* 18 howitzers are being sent to Ukraine in the latest round of security aid 

* Spokesman John Kirby said training on the weapons would start in days 

* It will happen outside Ukraine but he did not say who would conduct the training 

* The latest package of $800 million of aid includes 40,000 artillery rounds 

* It comes as both sides prepare for an intensified Russian assault in Donbas 

The United States military will start training Ukrainians on using howitzer artillery in the coming days, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday. 

President Joe Biden last week announced another $800 million in military aid to Ukraine, sending for the first time heavy artillery systems ahead of an expected Russian assault in eastern Ukraine. 

Minutes after Kirby made the announcement Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said Russia had begun the 'battle of Donbas.'  

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Update #1: U.S. to start training Ukrainians on howitzers in coming days -official (Reuters)  

Update #2: US to train Ukrainians on howitzer artillery systems in next days (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: They are probably going to be trained in Poland .... U.S. training Ukrainian troops in Poland, Biden seems to reveal (Politico).