LVIV, Ukraine, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. paratroopers arrived in Ukraine to begin high-level training of three Ukrainian National Guard units.
Three hundred members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat team, a quick-response unit based in Italy, participated in ceremonies Monday at the Yaroviv army base near Lviv, Ukraine, beginning the operation named "Fearless Guardian – 2015," to better train three Ukrainian units reinforcing defenses in the eastern part the country, where a year-long conflict against Russian-backed rebels is in progress.