US won’t send military personnel to Ukraine – the White House

YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. The United States will maintain its policy of not sending military advisors to Ukraine, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters en route to France.

“As we've said several times on the record, we are not planning to send US military advisors or troops, trainers to train Ukrainians in Ukraine," Sullivan said.

He said the United States has been offering training to Ukrainian soldiers outside of the Ukrainian territory. Such practice, he said, is being carried out in Germany, where "thousands of Ukrainian soldiers" are being trained on how to operate Western-made military equipment.

"We stand ready to continue, and in fact expand that training," Sullivan said.

Sullivan is accompanying US President Joe Biden to France, where the President will attend a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II, followed by the president's state visit to France. Next week Biden will attend the summit of the Group of Seven in Bari, Italy.