Ukraine's chief of defense, U.S. commander discuss cooperation in development of Ukrainian special forces

18:51, 21.01.2016 1 min read

Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces Viktor Muzhenko has held a meeting with U.S. Commander of Special Operations Command in Europe (SOCEUR) Gregory Lengyel.

"The meeting addressed the further bilateral cooperation in the development of the Special Operation Forces of Ukraine's Armed Forces," Muzhenko wrote on his Facebook account on Wednesday.

He also thanked the U.S. for the support which it provided to the Ukrainian army in the establishment of the Special Operations Forces (SOF), and also for the help in engaging foreign advisers and instructors into the training of the Ukrainian SOF experts.

"For his part, Major General Gregory Lengyel stressed that Ukraine will soon have its own training system for special forces based on its own battle experience, and the U.S. will take every efforts to help our army in the training of special operations experts," Muzhenko wrote.