U.S. considers training Ukrainian army troops - general

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are considering expanding the American military training mission in Ukraine to include army and special operations troops, likely focusing on issues like tactics and combat medicine, a top U.S. Army general said on Monday.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the head of U.S. Army forces in Europe, said expanding the mission from training interior ministry guardsmen to training forces under the control of the defence ministry did not mean the administration would provide Ukraine with lethal arms.