65 Ukrainian military personnel completed training at the Patriot air defense system in the USA – the Pentagon
A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers completed training on Patriot air defense systems at the Fort Silly base in Oklahoma. They went to Europe to interact with the military training in Europe.
This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder at a briefing.
– This week, 65 Ukrainian Air Defense Forces soldiers completed training on Patriot systems at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and returned to Europe. They are integrated with other Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces, as well as with the Patriot air defense systems provided by the USA, Germany and the Netherlands, – he said.
In addition, Ryder said, a group of more than 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers in two brigades, one equipped with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and the other with Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, is expected to complete training before returning to Ukraine.
– Additional joint military training exercises are currently underway in Germany at the Graffin-Beer and Hohenfels ranges, – the Pentagon spokesman added.
