The commander of the United States army in Europe is going to visit a training center in Western Ukraine, where US paratroopers have already been engaged a six-month-long mission to train Ukraine's National Guard, Sputnik News reports.
"The US delegation will visit the International Peacekeeping and Security Center at the Academy of Ground Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaidachny," press secretary of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Victoria Kushnir informed in addition noting that Ukrainian conscripts undergo their training at the IPSC.
Timing of the visit, when the United States is stepping up its military presence and enhancing joint drills in Europe, is of particular attention.
Previously Russia has warned that the US program to train Ukraine's National Guard units could destabilize the situation in the southeastern regions of Ukraine and hinder a complex peace process.