THEO VAN GOGH EVIDENCE: UKRAINIANS DIRECTLY TRAINED IN US (Others are trained in Ramstein and Grafenwöhr – Germany)

UKRAINIANS MAY TRAIN IN U.S.: Military leaders are considering training Ukrainian troops to use the Patriot missile defense system at a base in the United States, two Defense Department officials told our own LARA SELIGMAN. POLITICO MAGAZIN 2-1-22

Since Russia’s February invasion, the Ukrainian armed forces have completed training on a host of different NATO-provided weapons systems, including the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, in eastern Europe, Germany and the United Kingdom. But no training has been done in the United States.

The news that the Defense Department is considering conducting the training stateside comes a day after the Biden administration announced that it would provide a Patriot battery to Ukraine to help defend against Russian attacks. No final decision has been made on where the training will take place, the officials said.

The department is discussing whether to conduct all or part of that training in the United States versus a third-party country, such as a U.S. base in Europe, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.