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Thursday, August 13, 2015

Ukrainian crisis

American Paratroopers in Ukraine Have Putin Rattled

US servicemen take part in a military drill in Yavoriv polygon, Lviv district, western Ukraine, on July 24, 2015. Ukrainian and US troops launched fresh drills on July 20 near the war-torn country's Polish border in a bid to show unity and resolve in the face of an increasingly resurgent Kremlin. The annual Rapid Trident exercises involve 1,800 soldiers from 18 countries and last for just under two weeks. The Ukrainians brought stories from the front about the enemy, the arms, and the firepower used against Ukrainian troops. For American soldiers, listening to these members of former Soviet forces talking about their adversaries, also from the former Soviet army, this has been an education. It has given them a chance to study in granular detail a great deal about the evolution of Russian combat forces in the last quarter-century.

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