U.S. in Low Level Talks to Send Troops Back to Ukraine

Wes O'Donnell
3 min readMay 25, 2022

On Monday, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told reporters that “low-level” discussions are underway on how the U.S. may need to adjust its training of Ukrainian forces, and on “whether some U.S. troops should be based in Ukraine.”

So far, the U.S. has been training Ukrainian forces in nearby European countries.

This makes sense — the introduction of higher-tech weapons to Ukraine requires intense instruction on the weapon system’s proper use. Logistically, it’s easier to send the trainers…

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Wes O'Donnell

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