Best U.S. instructors to start training Ukrainian special forces in November - Poroshenko

10:33, 29.09.2015 1 min read

Instructors from the United States will start training Ukrainian special-operations troops this November, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said.

"We have agreed that the best U.S. instructors will finally start training the Ukrainian special forces, our special-operations troops, starting from November," Poroshenko told representatives of the U.S. Ukrainian diaspora after arriving in New York.

Foreign military instructors are already training units of the Ukrainian National Guard, he said. "This is mutual exchange, mutual assistance. This is interesting not only to Ukrainians, to learn from American partners how to fight. This is interesting to Americans, to learn how to beat Russia," said the Ukrainian head of state.

It was reported that Poroshenko had arrived in New York to attend events as part of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.