The Pentagon is working to step up efforts to track arms shipments to Ukraine, including discussing sending “a small number” of additional US troops to Ukraine. nbc news He’s talking about three high-ranking US officials.
NBC explains that there are “several dozen” U.S. military personnel currently in Ukraine, including “very few” U.S. military personnel, who control the supply of weapons to the Ukrainian military. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and other military leaders reportedly want to accelerate this control and ensure that Ukraine has experts to help it deploy critical weapons systems, including air defense and counter-aircraft systems.
At the same time, the US military does not go to the front lines, but it is emphasized that they have to travel outside of Kiev to “scan barcodes on weapons and equipment to track shipments.”
“Senior US officials stressed that any new troop presence would be limited and modest,” the channel’s interlocutors said.
The State Department also imposes restrictions on the ability of US government employees (civil and military) to live and work in other countries, and that number is low in Ukraine, officials say.
Previously columnist for 19FortyFive warned about
The risks of sending American troops to Ukraine for weapons inspection.