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Training of Ukrainian forces part of US ‘aggression’ against Russia

The training of Ukrainian forces by American troops on Russia's doorstep is a continuation of "US aggression towards Russia," said Dean Henderson.

US military training of Ukrainian forces on Russia's backyard is an extension of Washington’s “aggression” against Moscow that began during the Cold War, a geopolitical commentator in Missouri says.

“This is just a continuation of US aggression towards Russia,” said Dean Henderson, an author and columnist at Veterans Today.

“It’ what caused the Cold War, the US was the aggressor all through the Cold War, [it] created the Cold War,” Henderson told Press TV on Monday.

Hundreds of US forces are training Ukrainian troops, a move seen as a major provocation by Moscow, NBC News reported on Sunday.

About 300 US paratroopers are working with more than 700 Ukrainian soldiers in a six-month mission which began in April. The military training will involve three rotations.

The training site is located at Yavoriv in Western Ukraine, about 700 miles away from the front lines in eastern Ukraine.

Ties between Washington and Moscow have reached an all-time low over the crisis in Ukraine, which began after pro-Western forces ousted the country’s president, Viktor Yanukovych, in February 2014 and installed Petro Poroshenko.

“You can’t prop up an illegitimate, unpopular leader no matter how many troops you train, because if the populous is against that leader, it will fail and Ukraine will also be a failed Western intervention in the end,” Henderson said.

“Ukrainian people will rise up and get rid of this elite that has taken over,” he added.

The United States and its Western allies have imposed sanctions against Russia, accusing the country of supporting pro-Russian forces in the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin denies the allegation.

The White House said in a statement on Sunday that Western sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow fully implements a peace agreement.

During his two-day visit to Germany, US President Barack Obama also urged leaders of the G7 industrial economies to stand up against what he called “Russian aggression in Ukraine.”

Despite the calls for more sanctions on Moscow, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday in Germany that Washington needs to find new ways to confront Russia, citing the failure of economic sanctions.

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