A top US defense official told the House Armed Services Committee that the US and its allies have now trained more than 4,000 members of the Ukrainian military.

“Collective training continues across Europe and dramatically increases Ukraine’s so-called combined armed organizations. Since January, the US military has trained more than 1,000 Ukrainians, bringing the total from the United States trained by the United States to just over 4,000.”said Gen. Douglas Sims II, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The US military is also training Ukrainians on the Patriot missile system at Fort Still, Oklahoma, with Sims announcing that training will be completed soon.

This is the first time that The Pentagon specifies when this training may end.

“We are confident that the Ukrainians will use Patriots with the same expertise they demonstrate every day with their current air defense capabilities,” Sims added.