WASHINGTON, 13 February 2022, (TON): The US is withdrawing nearly all of its remaining soldiers from Ukraine, the Pentagon announced on Saturday, as tensions soar over a possible Russian invasion of the eastern European country.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the temporary repositioning of the 160 members of the Florida National Guard” who were in the country, advising and mentoring Ukrainian forces, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement.
The troops who Kirby said were being withdrawn “with the safety and security of our personnel foremost in mind” will be repositioned “elsewhere in Europe.”
Since 2015, reservists from the US National Guard have been advising and training Ukraine's army alongside soldiers from other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) countries, notably Canada and Germany.
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