A team of Pentagon officials is heading to Ukraine to help the country rebuild its fractured military, a mission that lawmakers and analysts expect will result in recommendations for greater military assistance in the country’s fight against pro-Russia separatists amid international outrage over the downing of a commercial airplane.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Washington Times: Obama orders Pentagon advisers to Ukraine to fend off Putin-backed rebels
A woman holds a placard during a sombre ceremony in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on July 23, 2014.
