Pentagon says US has trained approximately 3,100 Ukrainians so far since April

The United States has trained approximately 3,100 Ukrainians so far since April, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary told a press conference.

"Writ large, when you look at the international effort to train Ukrainian forces, I would estimate about 12,000, across internationally when it comes to training Ukraine on a variety of things to include collective training in other countries," Ryder said.

He noted that now with the US stepping up its combined arms and Joint Maneuver Training, which will begin this month, likely in a couple of weeks in Germany, the United States will train approximately 500 Ukrainian forces at the battalion level each month.