According to the Associated Press report in Brussels on January 15, General Mark Milly, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the United States began combat training for the Ukrainian army in Germany on the 15th. The new training scale has been expanded, and its goal is to return a battalion of troops (about 500 people) to the battlefield in the next five to eight weeks to fight the Russians. According to the report, Milly plans to go to the Grevenwell training area in Germany on the 16th to learn about the training program in person. He said that the trained troops had left Ukraine a few days ago. In Germany, there is a complete set of weapons and equipment for their use. This so-called joint arms training program aims to sharpen the operational skills of the Ukrainian army so that they can better prepare to launch an offensive against the Russian army or counter the surge of the Russian army. Ukrainian soldiers will use the cooperation of artillery, armoured vehicles and ground forces to learn how to better mobilize and coordinate troops of company and battalion size in combat. According to the report, Miley told the two reporters who accompanied him to Europe on the 15th that this complex training - the joint use of a series of new weapons, artillery, tanks and other vehicles transported to Ukraine - would be the key to help the Ukrainian army regain the territory occupied by Russia in the nearly 11 months of conflict. (Outlook New Era)