The Ukrainian personnel arrived Sunday evening at Fort Sill in the state of Oklahoma for training at the US Army Air Defense Artillery School, Colonel Curtis King of that facility said in a video posted on Twitter.
Washington promised a Patriot battery — it fires missiles to take out missiles — to Ukraine late last year to help aerial attacks by Moscow.
Commandant Col. Curtis King of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery school said the training will consist of operator and maintainer task. This training is expected to take several months, according to DOD.