The troops would be serving in a non-combat role, officials said.
Congress had stalled for months on greenlighting additional assistance for Kyiv, as former President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed skepticism about the effort. | Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.S. is considering sending additional military advisers to the embassy in Kyiv, the latest show of American commitment to Ukraine as Russia appears to be gaining momentum in the two-year conflict.
The ODC “performs a variety of advisory and support missions , and while it is staffed exclusively by DOD personnel, it is embedded within the U.S. Embassy, under Chief of Mission authority like the rest of the Embassy,” Ryder added. The new contingent will also help the Ukrainian military with weapons maintenance, according to one of the U.S. officials and the person familiar.
The additional troops, even in a non-combat role, would expand the U.S. military presence in the country, just as thein military aid for Ukraine. Congress had stalled for months on greenlighting additional assistance for Kyiv, as former President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed skepticism about the effort.
Ukraine has struggled to regain the initiative against Russia since its counteroffensive last summer failed and Congress stalled in providing billions of dollars in military aid the president requested. The Pentagon has only sent one new tranche of new weapons since December, when it ran out of funding to provide additional aid.
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