US General Rules Out Notion of Sending Military Trainers to Ukraine—for Now

Some of Kyiv’s Western allies are already training soldiers in Ukraine, according to Estonia’s prime minister.

Trainers from the Canadian Armed Forces instruct soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on building fortifications and defending a house in an urban environment as part of Operation UNIFIER in the United Kingdom on Aug. 1, 2023. Canadian Armed Forces

The United States has no plans to send military trainers to Ukraine, Gen. Charles Brown, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said.

“Right now, there are no plans to bring U.S. trainers into Ukraine,” he told reporters on May 20.