TSAMTO, April 19. The United States will train the Ukrainian military to handle the American howitzers transferred to them and plan training for other types of weapons.
A senior Pentagon official told reporters about this, as RIA Novosti reports.
Artillery pieces, along with armored personnel carriers, helicopters, barrage ammunition and unmanned vessels, were included in the next package of military assistance approved by the US authorities last week.
"We have made some progress in terms of organizing trainings for Ukrainians. In the coming days, training will be organized outside Ukraine specifically for howitzers," the official said.
"Naturally, we are also considering options for other systems," he added.
Earlier, the United States trained the Ukrainian military on its territory to handle Switchblade barrage ammunition, the agency recalls.