“Nearly 300 U.S. troops arrived in Ukraine on Friday as a part of a long-planned U.S. mission to provide training for Ukrainian National Guard forces. But with the country’s year-old war seemingly still far from a lasting diplomatic resolution, it is not at all clear whether the U.S. mission can discernably change the equation on the ground — nor whether it would respond in kind should Russia decided to further ratchet up its support for pro-Russian rebels as a result.”
Source: No End in Sight Ukraine Conflict as US Troops Land | Al Jazeera America