U.S. military attaches visit Donbas

10:55, 21.04.2015 1 min read

United States' military attaches have visited the area of the Ukrainian army operation in Donbas and have assessed the situation along the contact line in the region, the army operation's press center said on its Facebook page on Monday evening.

As part of bilateral cooperation between the Ukrainian and U.S. Armed Forces, Ukrainian soldiers deployed in the Donetsk region met with officials from the office of the defense attache of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to discuss security, the region's social and humanitarian issues and risk assessments, the press center said.

"U.S. Armed Forces officers Joseph Hickox and Michael van Develde familiarized themselves with the situation along the contact line and the implementation of the Minsk agreements by Ukrainian servicemen," it said.

The U.S. representatives also discussed the situation in towns and villages in the army operation area with the local authorities, the press center said.