US starts training of some Ukrainian troops on howitzer artillery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USA army has began coaching a small variety of Ukrainian troops on utilizing howitzer artillery, a senior U.S. protection official stated on Wednesday, including the coaching was being carried out exterior of Ukraine and would take a few week.

“It is a smallish variety of Ukrainians, somewhat bit greater than 50,” the official stated, talking on situation of anonymity.

Final week, U.S. President Joe Biden introduced a further $800 million in army help to Ukraine, increasing the help to incorporate heavy artillery forward of a wider Russian assault anticipated in jap Ukraine.

(Reporting by Phil Stewart and Susan Heavey)