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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo we have troops IN Ukraine at this point?
Or just near, and at the ready?
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Do we have troops IN Ukraine at this point? (Original Post)
Grasswire2
Feb 2022
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PortTack
(32,785 posts)1. US troops will not or ever be on the ground in Ukraine. I think President Biden has made that clear
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)2. thank you
Lotta talk out there. I haven't kept up today.
dclarston13
(412 posts)3. It is very likely
that "Military Advisers" from the US are there and have been for weeks.
Irish_Dem
(47,189 posts)6. Certainly covert reconnaissance I would guess.
GP6971
(31,189 posts)4. Advisors have been in Western Ukraine
but no combat troops.
Ex Lurker
(3,815 posts)5. The line between advisors and combat troops is pretty blurry
We killed Russian adivisers who were "assisting" Assad's forces in Syria. They would be eager to return the favor in Ukraine.