The Pentagon on Tuesday tried to downplay comments made by President Biden concerning US troops training Ukrainian forces in Poland.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the US troops in Poland were only “liaising” with Ukrainian forces as they handed them weapons. “It’s not training in the classic sense that many people think of training. I would just say it’s liaising,” Kirby said.
Kirby didn’t share any more details about the meetings, and it’s not clear if the difference between “liaising” and “training” is significant at all. Either way, the US is handing weapons to Ukraine in Poland that are intended to be used to kill Russians, which is a serious provocation against Moscow.
The US and NATO have been working to flood Ukraine with weapons since Russia invaded on February 24. Ukraine only recently started receiving shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, so it’s possible they want training on the weapons, which could be done in Poland.
After the US-backed ousting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, the US and NATO began training Ukrainian forces, both openly and in secret. A recent report from Yahoo News revealed that the CIA had been training Ukrainian troops on the frontlines of the Donbas war from 2014 until the Biden administration pulled them out this past February. The US also withdrew National Guard soldiers that were stationed in Ukraine before Russia’s invasion.
Before Biden made his comments on Monday, it wasn’t clear if the US was still training Ukraine’s forces. He made the revelation while trying to explain a recent gaffe, where he suggested US troops in Poland would be entering Ukraine. Amid the current crisis, the administration has had to walk back or clarify many comments made by the president.
No one asks the obvious question: “What good are Ukrainian trainees in Poland”? Shouldn’t they be IN UKRAINE? By the time they get “trained”, the war will be over. This is the level of idiocy in the US government right now. It’s “Three Stooges” level of governance.
As far as the US hopes, the fighting in Ukraine will never be over.
It is a real shame you are denegrating such a legacy (3 Stooges) with the US government… Their is comedy and then their is COMEDY… The 3 Stooges is full tilt hilarity, whereas the US government is a bloody pain in the a–!
A recent report stated the CIA had been training the Ukriane Army since 2014 readying the Army for the comming Russian invasion , this invasion by Russia has been planned from day one by the US / UK , the US / NATO has refused to talk about Russias security , then by saying Ukraine could join NATO and Zelensky saying Nukes could be deployed on Ukraine soil was the final straw for Putin ,there was no way he was going to allow nukes on Russias border with a 4 minute flight time to Moscow .
Having followed the situation since before the 2013-2014 coup, I;m pretty confident that the CIA wasn’t merely training the Ukrainians in preparation for an invasion. The CIA has been aiding and abetting Ukrainian forces, including the fascist Azov and Aidar battalions, in the relentless sieges and shelling of the Donbass republics.
Another recent report says Aliens will lunch an attach on Planet Earth.
Maybe if you share such report we can verify its validity and/or bias.
Prince (of Blackwater fame), has been over their for quite some time with his “new” company, “Academi” (assume CIA money) …….. making big $$$$$$ off the slaughter …..
I wonder if this “liaising” is popular with the American people. Or would it be if people knew about it? So much is kept secret from us that we have little choice in its implementation.
I am ready for a new look at the alleged radioactive poisoning of people by Putin.
The narrative is always “Putin ordered it”.
Suppose as claims, he did not? WHO then wishes to make it personal and not as billed, an all Russian State policy offense?
It was an Act of War to use radioactive poisons in G.B.
why then was there no Sanctions over that minimum?
If Russia used radioactive compounds to assassinate ( half arsed at that) Why No UN intervention? Condemnation?
Could it he that there is a possibility that another agency was doing the hit jobs hoping to blame Putin and that the condemnation on Russia was not well warranted?
Another actor is always possible especially when the backstory is lame.
If another actor is using radioactive compounds to blame Russia then Terrorist Nuclear War is on.
NATO IS AWARE OF UKRANIAN DESIRES TO WEAPONIZE PLUTONIUM.
Ukraine weaponized Radioactive Compounds from the same plants once controlled by the USSR.