KIEV, Ukraine, March 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army will begin training Ukraine's National Guard units on April 20, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced.
"American commandos, numbering 290, will come to Yavoriv training ground, Lviv region, on April 20. This is where a long-term military exercise of 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army and combat units of the National Guard will be held," Avakov said Sunday on Facebook.