The US and several other different international locations have already been supplying weapons and arms to the frontlines in Ukraine
New Delhi: The US Division of Protection has begun coaching former Afghan fighter jet pilots who fled to the USA for switch to Ukraine, through Poland, Russian information company TASS has discovered.
“The Pentagon has been recruiting for Ukraine Afghan ex-pilot fighter trainers who fled to the USA a yr in the past with the Individuals,” Al Mayadeen English quoting an unnamed army supply mentioned. On this regard, he has defined that “their coaching begins now in California, after which it’s deliberate to switch all of them via Poland to Ukraine.”
Nonetheless, the supply consulted by TASS has detailed that this coaching consists of any Afghans who served within the particular forces. “They’re additionally invited to obtain coaching and conclude a contract offering for additional deployment within the conflict zone in Ukraine,” he has specified.
A military-diplomatic supply informed TASS on Monday that the Pentagon will begin coaching former Afghan pilots in California to deploy them to Ukraine through Poland, including: “As we all know, the Pentagon started recruiting former Afghan pilots who ran to the US along with the Individuals a yr in the past. Their coaching now kicks off in California with plans to dispatch all of them to Ukraine through Poland afterwards”.
In keeping with the supply, this entails not solely the previous pilots however different Afghans who served in particular models. The supply commented: “They’re additionally provided to endure coaching and signal a contract which entails the next deployment to the fight zone in Ukraine”.
In June, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki mentioned that Poland will signal the biggest contract in 30 years to provide nearly $630 million value of weapons to Ukraine, and the US, in a collection of continuous assist packages, has introduced its newest assist for $182 million for 3 NASAMS missile techniques.
The US and several other different international locations have already been supplying weapons and arms to the frontlines in Ukraine. Russian officers have alleged that a number of international fighters and mercenaries have been deployed within the Ukraine conflict from varied European international locations.
A Russian-backed separatist courtroom in japanese Ukraine’s Donetsk charged 5 international nationals captured preventing with Ukrainian forces with being mercenaries on Monday, saying three might face the demise penalty, Russian media reported. Russian Protection Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov, had earlier warned mercenaries who’ve been preventing in assist of Ukraine, will not have the ability to benefit from the rights of ‘prisoners of conflict‘. In keeping with information company TASS, Konashenkov accused the West has been continuously sending its forces to assist Ukrainian forces.
Biden administration despatched Us $ 9.1 billion in weapons because the Russian invasion together with ex-Afghan helicopters to Ukraine.