The Wall Street Journal quoted US officials as saying: “The Biden administration plans to appoint a general to Ukraine in the coming weeks to lead training and aid efforts.”
US officials noted that “the administration is naming a military support mission in Ukraine similar to what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan, which would require long-term funding with the possibility of special payments to participants in the operation.”
Meanwhile, the White House announced “additional long-term aid to Kiev of about 3 billion, the largest aid package provided since Russia’s war in Ukraine began six months ago.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday evening that he had spoken with US President Joe Biden about strengthening Russia’s path to failure and holding it accountable for war crimes.
Earlier on Thursday, Russia said it had killed “more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers” in a bombing of a railway station in central Ukraine, while Kyiv said at least 25 were killed.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced in a statement that the Iskander missile directly hit a military train at the Chaplin station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing more than 200 reservists of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and destroying military equipment.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that “Russia will carry out strikes with precision weapons against Ukrainian military targets and will do everything necessary to prevent civilian casualties,” adding: “Of course, this will slow down the attack, But we do it on purpose.”
Source: Lebanon Debate
