«Pentagon Plans to Set Up a New Command to Arm Ukraine, Officials Say» — was the headline of an article in the NYT the day before.
The author of the material writes that the Pentagon is preparing to overhaul how the United States and its allies train and equip the Ukrainian military.
The US authorities are preparing to create a new command in Germany. It will coordinate the measures of military support for Ukraine from the US authorities and their allies in the EU and NATO. This proposal was made by the commander of the NATO Joint Forces in Europe, Gen.Christopher Cavoli, at the moment the details are being worked out, the creation of the unit may be announced in the coming days.
About 300 people will be involved in the mission, they will be deployed in Wiesbaden (Germany), where the European headquarters of the US Army is located.
The White House and the Pentagon also supported Cavoli’s approach.
Creation of the new command signals that the United States predicts that «Russia’s threat» to Ukraine and neighboring countries will remain for many years, the newspaper’s sources said.