US General: NATO will send forces to train Ukrainian soldiers 3
Charles Brown, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on May 15 that NATO’s deployment of military trainers to Ukraine seems certain to happen.
According to him, doing so at this time would put `NATO trainers in danger` and force Ukraine to consider using precious air defense systems to protect alliance soldiers, instead of its own facilities.
Under the NATO Charter, Washington is obligated to provide defensive support in case the bloc’s military trainers are attacked in Ukraine, which could draw the US into direct conflict with Russia.
General Charles Brown spoke at the NATO conference in Washington, USA, on May 10.
Ukraine currently has a serious shortage of manpower, and the country’s army is increasingly losing ground on the front line, in the context of Russian forces stepping up their offensive to take advantage of the time that US military aid has not been delivered.
Kiev officials have asked Washington and other NATO countries to help the country train 150,000 recruits closer to the front line, so that additional forces can be quickly deployed to the battlefield.
The US government has so far refused to respond to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to send troops to train soldiers.
US soldiers at a joint exercise in Poland in May 2023.
Meanwhile, some other members of the bloc have a more open view.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis last week also supported the idea of ​​sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine to train indigenous soldiers.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on May 2 that the country could send troops to Ukraine if Russian forces broke through the lines of Kiev and Paris and President Zelensky’s administration requested help.
Russia has repeatedly issued tough warnings about the idea of ​​NATO deploying soldiers to Ukraine.
