Ukrainian military in KyivMOSCOW, Apr 6 whether U.S. personnel are training Ukrainians or not, according to the DefenseOne portal. According to the portal, last week the commander of U.S. forces in Europe, Tod Walters, speaking during a hearing in the U.S. Senate, said he did not believe that the United States was currently training «forces from Ukraine in Poland». The next day, US Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville told reporters that the Americans were not «now» training Ukrainians.Global Times: crisis in Ukraine has become a trap for Europe set by the US»We don't have teams there that show how to use equipment. They (Ukrainians) have people there who know how it (equipment) works,» the portal leads McConville's words. During a House budget hearing on Tuesday, Congressman Mike Waltz, referring to Walters' statement, asked Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley why American forces were not training Ukrainians. According to the portal, while Millie promised to «look into» the matter, Austin suggested that Walters was talking about exercises in Ukraine. When the congressman clarified that the commander of US forces in Europe was referring to training in general, the defense secretary replied that «the use of this equipment requires training» and they «do it.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
