The meeting occurred after nearly a year of remote meetings between the generals, and as the United States and its allies expand the arsenal of weapons they are providing to Ukraine.
SOUTHEASTERN POLAND — The Pentagon’s top general met on Tuesday for the first time in person with his Ukrainian counterpart, traveling by vehicle from a base here in Poland to an undisclosed location near the countries’ border in what appeared to be a symbolic show of support as Washington intensifies its military assistance to Ukraine.Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spent a couple of hours with Gen.
The scope of training being provided for Ukrainian forces also has grown significantly in the last week, with U.S. soldiers in Germany preparing a Ukrainian mechanized battalion to better combine how those troops use U.S.-made weapons to maximize their effects on the battlefield, and as other U.S. Army personnel in Oklahoma show their Ukrainian counterparts how to use a sophisticated air defense system.
The meeting occurred a day after a contingent of civilian officials from the Pentagon and State Department met in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kyiv previously in a demonstration of support for the Ukrainian leader.
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