US, Ukraine Start Military Training, Defying Russian Fury

Troops from the United States and Ukraine kicked off joint training exercises Monday intended to help bolster Ukraine's defenses against incursions from Russian-backed separatists in the east. Speaking under driving rain at a military base in the western region of Lviv, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the country's armed forces needed to be rebuilt from scratch to deter foreign threats. The exercises, dubbed “Fearless Guardian-2015,” sparked an enraged reaction from...

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