Ukrainian officials have asked their United States and NATO counterparts to train 150,000 recruits closer to the front line for faster deployment, the newspaper said.
NATO allies are moving closer to sending troops to Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, although the US remains opposed to the idea. The New York Times reported this on Thursday, May 16.
The publication writes that Ukraine lacks military instructors, and the situation on the battlefield has worsened due to the Russian offensive. Ukrainian officials have therefore asked their American and NATO counterparts to help train 150,000 troops closer to the front lines for faster deployment.
The United States said no, but the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Brown, said the deployment of NATO trainers appeared inevitable.
“In time, we will achieve this,” the NYT wrote, citing him.
At the same time, he said, today such actions will lead to the need to use air defense systems to protect NATO instructors instead of critical infrastructure near the front.
American instructors train Ukrainian troops in Poland, Germany and the United States, but the defense forces spend more time here. United States officials acknowledge that current preparations are inadequate and too slow, especially given the expected Russian offensive this summer.
Let’s remember that French President Emmanuel Macron was the first to speak about the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine. The other day, he said he considered Russia’s nervous reaction to his remarks about the possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine as evidence that this idea was working.
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Source: korrespondent
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