More than 200 New York Army National Guard soldiers are off on a nine-month mission to train Ukrainian soldiers.
The group left from the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on October 2.
Associated Press: New York National Guard soldiers training Ukrainian peers
US soldiers take part in the opening ceremony of the "Rapid Trident-2017" international military exercises at the Yavoriv shooting range not far from western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Sept. 11, 2017.
