Gen. Milley: 'Small Contingent of US and NATO Advisers and Trainers Currently in Ukraine' "I'll be moving U.S. troops to Eastern Europe and the NATO countries in the near term — not a lot," President Joe Biden said on Friday evening, as he returned from a day trip to Pittsburgh.
Earlier that same day, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said the U.S. has already sent U.S. military "advisers and trainers" to Ukraine:
"If Russia chooses to invade Ukraine, it will not be cost-free, in terms of casualties or other significant effects," Milley told a press conference on Friday:
There is a small contingent of US and NATO advisers and trainers currently in Ukraine. The United States has zero offensive combat weapons systems, nor any permanent forces, nor bases in Ukraine.
Our role is limited in that we help train, advise and assist with tactics, techniques and procedures. We participate in institutional development of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
As the secretary of defense has noted, we continue to provide military material support to Ukraine along with many other countries from NATO, and we are ready, capable and prepared to uphold our obligation under treaty to NATO, as mentioned by the secretary.
An attack against one NATO ally is an attack against all. NATO has significant military capability. NATO has approximately 130-plus brigades of maneuver forces, not including US forces, 93 squadrons of high-end fighters, four carriers, many more surface combatants. The military capability of NATO is very, very significant...................
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