The U.S. will train Ukrainian forces to operate the Patriot missile defense system at an Oklahoma Army base as soon as next week, the Pentagon announced today.
“A variety of factors are taken into account in terms of: How is this capability going to be employed in Ukraine? What are the kinds of tactics, techniques and procedures that will be most relevant to them to employ on the battlefield? And how can we adjust the curriculum in order to expedite the training, recognizing again that there’s a fight going on and that we need to get this system there,” Ryder said.
Germany is also sending a Patriot system to Ukraine, so it’s likely that at least one more batch of 90 Ukrainians will need to go through the training. Ryder declined to comment on future courses. The U.S. still has not said whether the Patriot it is sending to Ukraine will come from U.S. stocks or from a deployed location. It’s likely the military will move one of the systems out of storage instead of pulling a battery from an overseas location, POLITICO reported. Patriots are in high demand around the world, particularly in the Middle East where they are defending against Iranian drones and cruise missiles.
The U.S. has committed more than $24.2 billion to Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. The most recent tranche of $2.2 billion to Kyiv, announced last week, included 50
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